CVE-2014-2525: opensuse leap

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-2525 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in opensuse leap. EPSS estimates a 8.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 28-03-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.