CVE-2022-41854

Aliases:GHSA-w37g-rhq8-7m4j
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 11 Nov 2022, 13:10
Last modified:16 Sept 2024, 16:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability +0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Nov 2022, 13:10
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Sept 2024, 16:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Those 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. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 31%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

  • CWE-121•Stack-based Buffer Overflow

    A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    36 | 37

  • org.yaml•snakeyaml

    < 1.32

  • snakeyaml_project•snakeyaml

    < 1.32

  • snakeyaml•snakeyaml

    ≥ unspecified, < 1.32

References (18)