CVE-2022-38751
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 |
References
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:2097
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38751.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38751
- https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
- https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
- https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/src/master/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue530/Fuzzy47039Test.java
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
- 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-2022-38751
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.