CVE-2012-1152
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1186)
- Published
- September 9, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1186 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ingy / yaml
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661548
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077023.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077782.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48317(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50277
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2432
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/09/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/10/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52381
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73856
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=46507
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75365
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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