CVE-2017-5950

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5950
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5950.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5950
Related
Published
2017-04-03T05:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-08T04:36:56.498778Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / yaml-cpp

Package

Name
yaml-cpp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/yaml-cpp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / yaml-cpp

Package

Name
yaml-cpp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/yaml-cpp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / yaml-cpp

Package

Name
yaml-cpp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/yaml-cpp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Git / github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b57efe94e7d445713c29f863adb8c23438eaa217

Affected versions

release-0.*

release-0.2.0
release-0.2.1
release-0.2.2
release-0.2.3
release-0.2.4
release-0.2.5
release-0.2.6
release-0.2.7
release-0.3.0
release-0.5.0
release-0.5.1
release-0.5.2
release-0.5.3

yaml-cpp-0.*

yaml-cpp-0.5.3