Out-of-Bounds Affecting yaml-cpp package, versions >0.0.0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.13% (48th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-YAMLCPP-471234
- published 2 Oct 2019
- disclosed 3 Apr 2017
- credit Kamil Frankowicz
Introduced: 3 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-5950 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for yaml-cpp.
Overview
yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The attacks are possible because the SingleDocParser::HandleNode() function does not handle YAML files properly, allowing the attackers to trigger stack consumption and application crash using malicious YAML files.