CVE-2017-17497 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Tidy-html5
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 10
Latest updateMay 13
Description
In Tidy 5.7.0, the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function in clean.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), because the currentNode variable in the "children of the head" processing feature is modified in the loop without validating the new value.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6