CVE-2022-38749 DoS in SnakeYAML

2022-09-0500:00:00

CWE-121

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6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

47.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "snakeyaml",
    "product": "SnakeYAML",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "1.31",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]