CVE-2018-12034

7.8 highEPSS 1.3%

In YARA 3.7.1 and prior, parsing a specially crafted compiled rule file can cause an out of bounds read vulnerability in yr_execute_code in libyara/exec.c.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-125
Published: 2018-06-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

virustotal:yara

References

https://bnbdr.github.io/posts/swisscheese/
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/891
https://github.com/bnbdr/swisscheese
https://bnbdr.github.io/posts/swisscheese/
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/891

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