Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting org.yaml:snakeyaml package, versions [,1.32)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    1.05% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGYAML-3016888
  • published 5 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 5 Sep 2022
  • credit Dae

How to fix?

Upgrade org.yaml:snakeyaml to version 1.32 or higher.

Overview

org.yaml:snakeyaml is a YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow when parsing crafted untrusted YAML files, which can lead to a denial-of-service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
3.7 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

6.5 medium
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SUSE

7.5 high
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Red Hat

6.5 medium