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.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-8658 | 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. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:31.608Z
Reserved: 2017-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-17497
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-12-10T22:29:00.263
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-17497
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