CVE-2025-6496Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Tidy-html5

Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 23

Description

A vulnerability was found in HTACG tidy-html5 5.8.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function InsertNodeAsParent of the file src/parser.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5htacg/tidy-html55.8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8cw2-hw77-mrmj: A vulnerability was found in HTACG tidy-html5 52025-06-23
OSV
CVE-2025-6496: A vulnerability was found in HTACG tidy-html5 52025-06-23

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2025-6496: tidy-html5 - A vulnerability was found in HTACG tidy-html5 5.8.0. It has been declared as pro...2025