CVE-2022-38751
snakeYAML before 1.31 vulnerable to Denial of Service due to Out-of-bounds Write
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
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-2022-38751
To remediate CVE-2022-38751, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.28-1+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.31 or later
Is CVE-2022-38751 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.28-1+deb11u1
- from 0, < 1.31
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 |