CVE-2022-38752 DoS in SnakeYAML

2022-09-0500:00:00

CWE-121

Google

www.cve.org

snakeyaml

cve-2022-38752

denial of service

CVSS3

6.5

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

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

69.6%

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 stack-overflow.

CNA Affected

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