CVE-2014-2525

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2525
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-28 15:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.0.1 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.1 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.2 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.3 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.4 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2884-1 libyaml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1067-1: moderate: Security update for perl-YAML-LibYAML af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0500-1: moderate: libyaml: fixed heap overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Enterprise Chef 11.1.3 Release | Chef Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.getchef.com
xi / libyaml / commit / bce8b60f0b9a — Bitbucket af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitbucket.org Exploit, Patch
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org US Government Resource
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0319-1: moderate: Security update for perl-YAML-LibYAML af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.5 and Security Update 2014-004 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2885-1 libyaml-libyaml-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0150 - Updated libyaml package fixes security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Chef Server 11.0.12 Release | Chef Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.getchef.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2160-1: LibYAML vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
LibYAML 'yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes()' Function Remote Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Enterprise Chef 1.4.9 Release | Chef Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.getchef.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:060 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE-2014-2525 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com
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