CVE-2013-6393
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Memory corruption
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
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Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0040.htmlAdvisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00064.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00065.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.htmlAdvisory
- http://osvdb.org/102716