CVE-2014-9130
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 13.2%EU EUVD
scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 13.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8955)
- Published
- December 8, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8955 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pyyaml / libyaml
- pyyaml / libyaml
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0508.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0100.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0100.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0112.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0260.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62176
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62705
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62774
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3102
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3103
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3115
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:242
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/1(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/29/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71349
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-3
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/2b9156756423e967cfd09a61d125d883fca6f4f2(Exploit)
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/issue/10/wrapped-strings-cause-assert-failure(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99047
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-9130
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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