CVE-2019-5020 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-5020

Vendor N/A
Product Yara Object
Weakness CWE-617
Published July 31, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 31, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated