Buffer Overflow Affecting jbeder/yaml-cpp package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-JBEDERYAMLCPP-2364730
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jan 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (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 Buffer Overflow. The SingleDocParser::HandleFlowSequence function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2 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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