VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-2525
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.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 8.80%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.80% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- pyyaml/libyaml · opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0150.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00022.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0353.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0354.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0355.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57966
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57968
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2884
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2885
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-003.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66478
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2160-1
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048Exploit, Patch
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-2525
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0150.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00022.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0353.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0354.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0355.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.