CVE-2017-11692

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    CVE-2017-11692

    Published: 30 Jul 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-14, https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/519

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    yaml-cpp-0.5.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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