Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 14	libyaml-libyaml-perl	>=0 <0.41-5	0.41-5
debian 11	libyaml-libyaml-perl	>=0 <0.41-5	0.41-5
debian 12	libyaml	>=0 <0.1.4-3.2	0.1.4-3.2
debian 11	libyaml	>=0 <0.1.4-3.2	0.1.4-3.2
debian 12	libyaml-libyaml-perl	>=0 <0.41-5	0.41-5
debian 14	libyaml	>=0 <0.1.4-3.2	0.1.4-3.2
debian 13	libyaml	>=0 <0.1.4-3.2	0.1.4-3.2
debian 13	libyaml-libyaml-perl	>=0 <0.41-5	0.41-5
rpm rhel6	libyaml	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2014-25252. NVD-2014-25253. OSV-DEBIAN-2014-25254. OSV-2014-25255. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2014-2525

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