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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-38750
DoS in SnakeYAML
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47027
- https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/526/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47027
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
Affected Vendor
snakeyaml
View all reports →Affected Software
SnakeYAML
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 5th, 2022
Last Modified:
November 20th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H