CVE-2022-38751
DoS in SnakeYAML
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Sep 5, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 25, 2022
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Weaknesses
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
SnakeYAMLsnakeyaml |
|
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
- https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221002 [SECURITY] [DLA 3132-1] snakeyaml security updatemailing-list
- GLSA-202305-28vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
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