Denial of Service Vulnerability in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3

Denial of Service Vulnerability in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3

CVE-2017-5950 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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