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CVE-2021-3402

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3402 is a critical vulnerability affecting YARA versions 4.0.3 and earlier, specifically within the libyara/modules/macho/macho.c component. It involves integer and buffer overflow reads that can be triggered by a specially crafted Mach-O file, potentially leading to denial of service or information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, posing a high risk to confidentiality and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:virustotal:yara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: yara (bionic)Fixed in: 3.7.1-1ubuntu2+esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: yara (focal)Fixed in: 3.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: yara (xenial)Fixed in: 3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vendor Advisories (1)

ubuntuUSN-8080-1

YARA vulnerabilities

Mar 9, 2026

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKNXSH5ERG6NELTXCYVJLUPJJJ2TNEBD
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXM224OLGI6KAOROLDPPGGCZ2OQVQ6HH
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/01/29/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
x41-dsec.de / lab/advisories/x41-2021-001-yara
ExploitThird Party Advisory