Denial of Service Vulnerability in LibYAML Module for Perl
CVE-2014-9130

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Pyyaml
Status: Libyaml
Vendor: CVE Published:; 8 December 2014

What is CVE-2014-9130?

The LibYAML module for Perl versions 0.1.5 and 0.1.6 has a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service through crafted input. This vulnerability can lead to assertion failures and potential application crashes due to issues involving line-wrapping in the scanner.c file, enabling context-dependent attackers to disrupt service.