Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting org.yaml:snakeyaml package, versions [,1.32)


0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (51st percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGYAML-3113851
  • published 13 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 13 Nov 2022
  • credit OSSFuzz

How to fix?

Upgrade org.yaml:snakeyaml to version 1.32 or higher.

Overview

org.yaml:snakeyaml is a YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow when supplied with untrusted input, due to improper limitation for incoming data.