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OESA-2024-1551 (CVE-2024-3205)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2024-05-10 11:07 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:07 – Source website

Summary

libyaml security update

Details

A C library for parsing and emitting YAML.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability was found in yaml libyaml up to 0.2.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function yaml_emitter_emit_flow_sequence_item of the file /src/libyaml/src/emitter.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259052. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.(CVE-2024-3205)

Severity

7.3 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3205	ADVISORY

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  },
  "details": "A C library for parsing and emitting YAML.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nA vulnerability was found in yaml libyaml up to 0.2.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function yaml_emitter_emit_flow_sequence_item of the file /src/libyaml/src/emitter.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259052. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.(CVE-2024-3205)",
  "id": "OESA-2024-1551",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:07:00Z",
  "published": "2024-05-10T11:07:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1551"
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3205"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
  "summary": "libyaml security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-3205"
  ]
}

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