PT-2018-10956 · Yara · Yara

Bnbdrop · Published 2018-06-15 · Updated 2026-03-09 · CVE-2018-12035

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions YARA versions 3.7.1 and prior

Description The issue arises when parsing a specially crafted compiled rule file, which can cause an out of bounds write in the yr execute code function located in libyara/exec.c.

Recommendations For YARA versions 3.7.1 and prior, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12035

USN-8080-1

Affected Products

Yara

References · 28

• 🔥 https://github.com/bnbdr/swisscheese · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bnbdr.github.io/posts/swisscheese · Exploit
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/891 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8080-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12035 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11328 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3402 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-8080-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9304 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19975 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12035 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19974 · Vendor Advisory