Is CVE-2022-38751 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-38751 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-38751?

CVE-2022-38751 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-38751?

CVE-2022-38751 has an EPSS score of 1.45% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38751?

Upgrade snakeyaml on debian 11 to 1.28-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-38751

MEDIUMEPSS 70th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

snakeyamlDebian

Fixed in:1.28-1+deb11u1CVE-2022-38751

Fixed in:1.31-1CVE-2022-38751

libyaml-snake-javaUbuntu

Fixed in:1.12-2ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.12-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.23-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.25+ds-2ubuntu0.1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.29-1ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.29-1ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5944-1

snakeyamlUbuntu

Fixed in:1.12-2ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.12-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.23-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.25+ds-2ubuntu0.1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.29-1ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5944-1

Fixed in:1.29-1ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5944-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2009-0927	High	8.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-10924	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-20705	Critical	10.0	80%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.