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CVE-2014-2525
Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to…
Medium6.8EPSS 8.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.8% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (22)
- 66478 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 57836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-2525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-2885 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2160-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0319 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0355 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-2884 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0354 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0150.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0500 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0353 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 57968 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 57966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .