VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-38752

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references