CVE-2017-5950
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.03% (81st) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97307enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/0nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97307Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459Third Party Advisorynvd
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