CVE-2023-40857

Published Aug 28, 2023

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VirusTotal yara v.4.3.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbtirary code via the yr_execute_cod function in the exe.c component.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:virustotal:yara:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C9EEF587-BE65-40E9-AE81-5F7FA989A74A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References