CVE-2022-41854
Stack Overflow in Snakeyaml
At a glance
- Severity
- MEDIUM 5.8
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.55 % · percentile 75 (2026-10-28)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Those 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. This effect may support a denial of service attack.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · cve-coordination@google.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories
- GHSA-w37g-rhq8-7m4j — Snakeyaml vulnerable to Stack overflow leading to denial of service
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-7446
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-41854
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0556 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0500 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0199 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0214 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0199 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0180 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-1038 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0976 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0504 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0444 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0337 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:snakeyaml_project:snakeyaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 1.32cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| SnakeYaml · SnakeYaml | affected unspecified < 1.32 |
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50355
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MKE4XWRXTH32757H7QJU4ACS67DYDCR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KSPAJ5Y45A4ZDION2KN5RDWLHK4XKY2J/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3DDXEXXWAZGF5AVHIPGFPXIWL6TSMKJE/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0009/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |