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CVE-2017-5950
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-03T05:59:00.800 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:29.880

Summary

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.

Affected products

yaml-cpp_project — yaml-cpp

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References

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