CVE-2022-38749
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
snakeYAML before 1.31 vulnerable to Denial of Service due to Out-of-bounds Write
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.31-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.28-1+deb11u1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.31-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.31-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.31-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.yaml:snakeyaml | <1.31 | 1.31 |
| Maven | be.cylab:snakeyaml | | |
| Maven | com.alipay.sofa.acts:acts-common-util | | |
| Maven | io.prometheus.jmx:jmx_prometheus_httpserver | | |
| Maven | io.prometheus.jmx:jmx_prometheus_httpserver_java6 | <=0.18.0 | |
| Maven | org.testifyproject.external:external-snakeyaml | <=1.0.6 | |
| Maven | pl.droidsonroids.yaml:snakeyaml | <=1.18.2 | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gcp | | |
References
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:2097
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38749.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38749
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.05534.pdf
- https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
- https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/525/got-stackoverflowerror-for-many-open
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47024
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38749
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.