CVE-2017-5950 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00323.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Yaml-cpp Project	Yaml-cpp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yaml-cpp_project:yaml-cpp:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15020	The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97307
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5950
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5950

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00149}`	epss `{'score': 0.00293}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-03T05:44:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:18:49.522Z

Reserved: 2017-02-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5950

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-03T05:59:00.800

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5950

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5950 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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