CVE-2019-6292 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in singledocparser.cpp in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2. Stack Exhaustion occurs in YAML::SingleDocParser and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack frames: HandleCompactMap HandleMap HandleFlowSequence HandleSequence HandleNode. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a cpp file.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/657

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5