CVE-2014-2525

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductPyyaml Libyaml
PublishedMar 28, 2014
First seenMar 28, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pyyaml libyamlv ≤ 0.1.5, 0.0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4—
opensuse leap42.1—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—

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