Out-of-bounds Read Affecting virustotal/yara package, versions [,3.6.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIRUSTOTALYARA-2319395
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed6 Jun 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9465  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for virustotal/yara.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The yr_arena_write_data function in YARA 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted file that is mishandled in the yr_re_fast_exec function in libyara/re.c and the _yr_scan_match_callback function in libyara/scan.c.

CVSS Scores

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