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Vulnerability details: VCID-2gya-adz6-2qgf
Vulnerability ID VCID-2gya-adz6-2qgf
Aliases CVE-2012-1152
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
System Score Found at
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
epss 0.03855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1152
Reference id Reference type URL
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
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1152
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801738
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1152
http://secunia.com/advisories/48317
http://secunia.com/advisories/50277
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
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
661548 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661548
cpe:2.3:a:ingy:yaml\:\:libyaml:0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:ingy:yaml\:\:libyaml:0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-1152 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1152
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1152
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88148
EPSS Score 0.03855
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:30:59.476864+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0