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CVE-2017-17497

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.38% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-12-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-17497
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.38%

Original NVD 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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