Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-11683
CVE-2025-11683
Description
YAML::Syck versions before 1.36 for Perl has missing null-terminators which causes out-of-bounds read and potential information disclosure
Missing null terminators in token.c leads to but-of-bounds read which allows adjacent variable to be read
The issue is seen with complex YAML files with a hash of all keys and empty values. There is no indication that the issue leads to accessing memory outside that allocated to the module.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/perl-YAML-Syck&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/perl-YAML-Syck&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 1.450.0-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.450.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.470.0-bp160.1.1
- Range: <1.36
- TODDR/YAML::Syckv5Range: 0
Patches
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References
2- github.com/cpan-authors/YAML-Syck/pull/65nvdIssue Tracking
- metacpan.org/dist/YAML-Syck/changesnvdProductRelease Notes
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