Uncaught Exception Affecting yara-x package, versions <1.15.0-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-YARAX-16153972
  • published23 Apr 2026
  • disclosed9 Apr 2026

Introduced: 9 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-34944  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard yara-x to version 1.15.0-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yara-x package and not the yara-x package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, On x86-64 platforms with SSE3 disabled Wasmtime's compilation of the f64x2.splat WebAssembly instruction with Cranelift may load 8 more bytes than is necessary. When signals-based-traps are disabled this can result in a uncaught segfault due to loading from unmapped guard pages. With guard pages disabled it's possible for out-of-sandbox data to be loaded, but this data is not visible to WebAssembly guests. This vulnerability is fixed in 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1