CVE-2014-9130

LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6 - Denial of Service via Line-Wrapping Assertion Failure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.

References (31)

Core 31
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62705
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71349
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3102
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62174
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0112.html
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3115
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/29/3
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62774
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/8
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62723
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-1
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-9130
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62176
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:242
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3103
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60944
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62164
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99047
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0100.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0100.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59947
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0508.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0260.html

Scores

EPSS 0.5534
EPSS Percentile 98.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
pyyaml/libyaml 0.1.5
pyyaml/libyaml 0.1.6
Published Dec 08, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026