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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-1010183

serde serde_yaml 0.6.0 to 0.8.3 is affected by: Uncontrolled Recursion. The impact is: Denial of service by aborting. The component is: from_* functions (all deserialization functions). The attack vector is: Parsing a malicious YAML file. The fixed version is: 0.8.4 and later.

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CVE-2019-1010183
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31 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-1010183

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jul 2019, 13:15 UTC

serde serde_yaml 0.6.0 to 0.8.3 is affected by: Uncontrolled Recursion. The impact is: Denial of service by aborting. The component is: from_* functions (all deserialization functions). The attack vector is: Parsing a malicious YAML file. The fixed version is: 0.8.4 and later.

osv:CVE-2019-1010183
Complete source record
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  "id": "47d3b42307d89e52e58b993a733ead679144f6234a5de48bf32cf9d685ef8c61",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1010183",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-1010183",
    "summary": "serde serde_yaml 0.6.0 to 0.8.3 is affected by: Uncontrolled Recursion. The impact is: Denial of service by aborting. The component is: from_* functions (all deserialization functions). The attack vector is: Parsing a malicious YAML file. The fixed version is: 0.8.4 and later.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-1010183",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-yaml",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "46977b24e9662bf1270ec5dc2dc88363695a0c05"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "49e1e6f064c0c6cc138ed2a3c80e3024b23ba965"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:serde-yaml_project:serde-yaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.8.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "0.8.2",
            "0.8.1",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.7.5",
            "0.7.4",
            "0.7.3",
            "0.7.2",
            "0.7.1",
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            "0.6.2",
            "0.6.1",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-1010183.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:35.868030052Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-yaml/pull/105"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-1010183",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381893,
  "published_at": "2019-07-25T13:15:11.593+00:00"
}