CVE-2014-2525

Public on 2014-03-28
Modified on 2014-09-18
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 libyaml 2014-04-10 ALAS-2014-321 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 perl-YAML-LibYAML 2014-04-17 ALAS-2014-324 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-2525 Mitre: CVE-2014-2525