CVE-2019-6292

MEDIUM

yaml-cpp 0.6.2 - Denial of Service via Recursive Stack Exhaustion in SingleDocParser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in singledocparser.cpp in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2. Stack Exhaustion occurs in YAML::SingleDocParser, and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack frames: HandleCompactMap, HandleMap, HandleFlowSequence, HandleSequence, HandleNode. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a cpp file.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/657

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0175
EPSS Percentile 74.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (1)
yaml-cpp_project/yaml-cpp 0.6.2
Published Jan 15, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026