CVE-2022-38749
snakeYAML before 1.31 vulnerable to Denial of Service due to Out-of-bounds Write
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.53%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-38749
To remediate CVE-2022-38749, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.28-1+deb11u1 or later
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
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- —upgrade to 1.31 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2022-38749 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (8)
- from 0, < 1.28-1+deb11u1
- from 0, <= 0.18.0
- from 0, <= 1.0.6
- from 0, < 1.31
- from 0, <= 1.18.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |