Out-of-bounds Read Affecting yara package, versions <3.7.1-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-YARA-296556
  • published15 Jun 2018
  • disclosed15 Jun 2018

Introduced: 15 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable yara to version 3.7.1-3 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In YARA 3.7.1 and prior, parsing a specially crafted compiled rule file can cause an out of bounds read vulnerability in yr_execute_code in libyara/exec.c.