Vulnerability CVE-2017-5950
Published: 2017-04-03

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Yaml-cpp project -> Yaml-cpp 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97307
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459
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