PT-2017-16781 · Libyaml+3 · Yaml-Cpp+3

Fumfel · Published 2017-01-17 · Updated 2025-11-03 · CVE-2017-5950

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) version 0.5.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in stack consumption and application crash, via a crafted YAML file. This is due to a problem in the SingleDocParser::HandleNode function.

Recommendations For yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) version 0.5.3, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as no specific fix is provided for this version. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2544

BDU:2025-12516

CVE-2017-5950

MGASA-2018-0471

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11529-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0631-1

SUSE-SU-2018_0631-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Suse

Yaml-Cpp

References · 25

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-12516 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2025-0923SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5950 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0631-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11529-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2025-1020SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0471.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5950 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459 · Note