CVE-2019-5020
MEDIUMYara 3.8.1 - Denial of Service via Malicious Binary File
Title source: llmDescription
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the object lookup functionality of Yara 3.8.1. A specially crafted binary file can cause a negative value to be read to satisfy an assert, resulting in Denial of Service. An attacker can create a malicious binary to trigger this vulnerability.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0781
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0108
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-754
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (1)
virustotal/yara
3.8.1
Published
Jul 31, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026