Out-of-Bounds Affecting jbeder/yaml-cpp package, versions [,0.5.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-JBEDERYAMLCPP-2364727
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-5950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for jbeder/yaml-cpp.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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