CVE-2018-19975 describes an arbitrary memory read vulnerability in YARA 3.8.1, specifically within the libyara/exec.c component, affecting products like virustotal yara. A specially crafted compiled rule can leverage the OP_COUNT operation to read a DWORD from any arbitrary memory address. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virustotal:yara:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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