VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-19974

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource

Primary references