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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-2525 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0150.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00022.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0353.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0354.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0355.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/57836 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/57966 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/57968 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2884 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2885 CVE, MITRE
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-003.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66478 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2160-1 CVE, MITRE
https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-2525 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-2525
NVD Published Date:
03/28/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE