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

    EPSS
    0.6% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGYAML-3113851
  • published 13 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 13 Nov 2022
  • credit OSSFuzz

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 supplied with untrusted input, due to improper limitation for incoming data.

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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Red Hat

6.5 medium