CVE-2019-6292

Medium

Description

An issue was discovered in singledocparser.cpp in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2. Stack Exhaustion occurs in YAML::SingleDocParser, and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack frames: HandleCompactMap, HandleMap, HandleFlowSequence, HandleSequence, HandleNode. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a cpp file.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductYaml-cpp
PublishedJan 15, 2019
First seenJan 15, 2019

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
yaml-cpp_project yaml-cpp0.6.2—

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