CVE-2014-2525
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 8.8%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2561)
- Published
- March 28, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2561 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opensuse / leap
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- pyyaml / libyaml
- pyyaml / libyaml
- pyyaml / libyaml
- pyyaml / libyaml
- pyyaml / libyaml
- pyyaml / libyaml
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0150.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00022.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0353.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0354.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0355.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57966
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57968
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2884
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2885
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-003.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66478
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2160-1
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048(Exploit, Patch)
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-2525
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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