CVE-2017-5950

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Apr 3, 2017
Updated: Nov 3, 2025
Reserved: Feb 9, 2017

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

97307vdb-entry
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/0

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