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Vulnerability details: VCID-qxfs-sq38-jfad
Vulnerability ID VCID-qxfs-sq38-jfad
Aliases CVE-2022-38751
GHSA-98wm-3w3q-mw94
Summary snakeYAML before 1.31 vulnerable to Denial of Service due to Out-of-bounds Write Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-38751.json
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
epss 0.0021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
generic_textual MODERATE https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
ssvc Track https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/src/master/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue530/Fuzzy47039Test.java
generic_textual MODERATE https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/src/master/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue530/Fuzzy47039Test.java
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
ssvc Track https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98wm-3w3q-mw94
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38751
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38751
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-38751.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-38751
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/src/master/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue530/Fuzzy47039Test.java
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38751
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38751
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010
2129709 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129709
GHSA-98wm-3w3q-mw94 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98wm-3w3q-mw94
ntap-20240315-0010 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
RHSA-2022:6757 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6757
RHSA-2022:8524 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8524
RHSA-2022:8876 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8876
RHSA-2023:2097 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2097
RHSA-2023:2100 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2100
RHSA-2023:3641 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3641
USN-5944-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5944-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-38751.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-21T13:36:32Z/ Found at https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/src/master/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue530/Fuzzy47039Test.java
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-21T13:36:32Z/ Found at https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-21T13:36:32Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38751
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-21T13:36:32Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-21T13:36:32Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.43445
EPSS Score 0.0021
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:05:17.885980+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/09/GHSA-98wm-3w3q-mw94/GHSA-98wm-3w3q-mw94.json 38.0.0