PT-2017-12181
CVE-2017-11692
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Published
2017-07-28
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Updated
2025-11-14
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
yaml-cpp versions 0.5.3 and earlier
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an assertion failure and application exit. This is achieved by providing a specific string, '!2', which exploits the
Token& Scanner::peek function in scanner.cpp.Recommendations
For yaml-cpp versions 0.5.3 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict the input to the
Token& Scanner::peek function to prevent the '!2' string from being processed.Exploitability
Exploit
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