CVE-2017-11692 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The function "Token& Scanner::peek" in scanner.cpp in yaml-cpp 0.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a '!2' string.

Published: 2017-07-30

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-3302	The function "Token& Scanner::peek" in scanner.cpp in yaml-cpp 0.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a '!2' string.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00637.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/519
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11692
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-14
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11692

History

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Subscriptions

Yaml-cpp Project Yaml-cpp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-30T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:19:37.733Z

Reserved: 2017-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11692

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-30T17:29:00.240

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11692

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11692 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-617

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