CVE-2023-34624 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered htmlcleaner thru = 2.28 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01048.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Htmlcleaner Project Subscribe	Htmlcleaner Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:htmlcleaner_project:htmlcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3520-1	libhtmlcleaner-java security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5471-1	libhtmlcleaner-java security update
EUVD	EUVD-2023-1838	An issue was discovered htmlcleaner thru = 2.28 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jv4x-j47q-6qvp	htmlcleaner vulnerable to stack exhaustion
Ubuntu USN	USN-6683-1	HtmlCleaner vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/amplafi/htmlcleaner/issues/13
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00007.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5471

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-06T19:31:08.126Z

Reserved: 2023-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-34624

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:17:03.861Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-14T14:15:10.360

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:03:53.090

Link: CVE-2023-34624

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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