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CVE-2014-9130

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9130 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting LibYAML versions 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, specifically as used in the YAML-LibYAML Perl module and other products like PyYAML. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an assertion failure and crash by providing specially crafted input involving line-wrapping. While the CVSS score is 5.0 (medium), its FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 and EPSS percentile suggest a higher potential impact than the CVSS alone indicates. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:libyaml:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:libyaml:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1320 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.3-4.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.3-4.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.4-11.el7_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.3-4.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.3-4.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.3-4.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.3-4.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: libyaml-0:0.1.3-4.el6_6
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redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5Fixed in: libyaml
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: libyaml
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: ruby193-libyaml
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: libyaml
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1Fixed in: libyaml
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: libyaml

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9130Moderate

libyaml: assert failure when processing wrapped strings

Nov 26, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0508.html
linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2015-0100.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0100.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0112.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0260.html
bitbucket.org / xi/libyaml/commits/2b9156756423e967cfd09a61d125d883fca6f4f2
Exploit
bitbucket.org / xi/libyaml/issue/10/wrapped-strings-cause-assert-failure
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/59947
secunia.com / advisories/60944
secunia.com / advisories/62164
secunia.com / advisories/62174
secunia.com / advisories/62176
secunia.com / advisories/62705
secunia.com / advisories/62723
secunia.com / advisories/62774
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/99047
puppet.com / security/cve/cve-2014-9130
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3102
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3103
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3115
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/11/29/3
securityfocus.com / bid/71349
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2461-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2461-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2461-3