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CVE-2012-1152

Published: Sep 9, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-134
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 17.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the error reporting functionality in the YAML::LibYAML (aka YAML-LibYAML and perl-YAML-LibYAML) module 0.38 for Perl allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in a (1) YAML stream to the Load function, (2) YAML node to the load_node function, (3) YAML mapping to the load_mapping function, or (4) YAML sequence to the load_sequence function.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-134

Affected Products

ingy
individual-dev
yaml\Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661548
bugs.debian.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077004.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077023.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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