CVE-2017-5950

medium

Published 2017-04-03 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.6.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`0.6.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`0.6.3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.6.3-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.6.3-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
yaml-cpp_project	yaml-cpp	`0.5.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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