CVE-2017-11692 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via assertion failure in yaml-cpp by submitting a specific string, requiring library upgrades.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-11692?
CVE-2017-11692 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The function "Token& Scanner::peek" in scanner.cpp in yaml-cpp 0.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a '!2' string.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11692?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yaml-Cpp Project Yaml-Cpp.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11692?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-11692 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11692 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11692, GHSA-cmh2-2g79-cxcq, JLSEC-2026-22, OESA-2025-2650, OESA-2025-2651, OESA-2025-2652 and 1 more.