CVE-2022-38750 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in SnakeYAML. Processing specially crafted YAML can cause uncontrolled recursive processing and a stack overflow in org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.constructObject. The resulting uncaught exception terminates the affected application or YAML-processing operation.
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A denial-of-service vulnerability in SnakeYAML allows attacker-supplied YAML input to trigger a stack overflow and crash the parser. The reference rates it Medium with a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, reports available exploits, and recommends upgrading to version 1.31 or later.
SnakeYAML denial-of-service issue involving an uncaught exception in BaseConstructor.constructObject.
SnakeYAML denial-of-service condition involving an uncaught exception in BaseConstructor.constructObject.
SnakeYAML denial-of-service condition involving an uncaught exception in BaseConstructor.constructObject.
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