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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-38752 · published 5 September 2022

CVE-2022-38752: Snakeyaml project snakeyaml stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability

Snakeyaml Project · Snakeyaml

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stack-overflow.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 2.5% · top 15.7% CWE-121 · Stack-based buffer overflowCWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stack-overflow.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/531/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47081 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47081 Permissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0009/
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/531/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47081 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47081 Permissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0009/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-38752), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.