PT-2018-15444

CVE-2018-20574

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Published

2018-12-28

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Updated

2025-11-03

Description by

CVSS 3.1
6.5
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions yaml-cpp version 0.6.2
Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in stack consumption and application crash, via a crafted YAML file. This is due to a problem in the SingleDocParser::HandleFlowMap function.
Recommendations For yaml-cpp version 0.6.2, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a crafted YAML file can cause a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2020-1758
AZL-7007
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:1073-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2022_1073-1
SUSE-SU-2022:1072-1
SUSE-SU-2022:1073-1
SUSE-SU-2022:1073-2
SUSE-SU-2023:1740-3
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