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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

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

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGYAML-3016888
  • published5 Sept 2022
  • disclosed5 Sept 2022
  • creditDae

Introduced: 5 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-38752  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

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

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