CVE-2018-20993 describes an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the yaml-rust crate prior to version 0.4.1, affecting applications that use this Rust library for YAML deserialization. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition due to the recursive processing. While rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5) with low attack complexity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yaml-rust_project:yaml-rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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