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YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via an unbounded newline scan in newline_len

YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via an unbounded newline scan in newline_len. In the bundled libsyck newline_len and is_newline dereference the scan pointer, and the following byte for a "\r\n" pair, with no NUL-terminator or bounds check. During block-scalar lexing at a document boundary the scan runs one byte past the heap lexer buffer. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-11683, on a lexer path the earlier fix did not cover. Any caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document with a block scalar at a document boundary reaches the over-read.

Affected products

YAML-Syck
  • <1.47

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.perlPackages.YAMLSyck

Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixos-unstable-small 1.45
  • nixos-26.05 -
    • nixos-26.05-small 1.45

pkgs.perl5Packages.YAMLSyck

Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixos-unstable-small 1.45
  • nixos-26.05 -
    • nixos-26.05-small 1.45