Out-of-bounds Write Affecting snakeyaml package, versions <1.25+ds-2ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-SNAKEYAML-3017765
  • published6 Sept 2022
  • disclosed5 Sept 2022

Introduced: 5 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-38750  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 snakeyaml to version 1.25+ds-2ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream snakeyaml package and not the snakeyaml package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1