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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19974

In YARA 3.8.1, bytecode in a specially crafted compiled rule can read uninitialized data from VM scratch memory in libyara/exec.c. This can allow atta...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In YARA 3.8.1, bytecode in a specially crafted compiled rule can read uninitialized data from VM scratch memory in libyara/exec.c. This can allow attackers to discover addresses in the real stack (not the YARA virtual stack).

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 yara

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.8.1-2"}]}]

Debian:13 yara

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.8.1-2"}]}]

Debian:14 yara

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.8.1-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org