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CVE-2018-19974
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-12-17T19:29:01.080 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:50:13.080

Summary

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).

Affected products

virustotal — yara

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References

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