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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2021-3402 json

An integer overflow and several buffer overflow reads in libyara/modules/macho/macho.c in YARA v4.0.3 and earlier could allow an attacker t…

published 2021-05-14 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-26730

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An integer overflow and several buffer overflow reads in libyara/modules/macho/macho.c in YARA v4.0.3 and earlier could allow an attacker to either cause denial of service or information disclosure via a malicious Mach-O file. Affects all versions before libyara 4.0.4

Patch / fix

  • virustotal yara 4.0.4
  • yara Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3402

  • yara Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 3.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3402

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-3402 updated cvss 8.2

libyara: Integer overflow in libyara/modules/macho/macho.c via a malicious Mach-O file

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/29/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • x41-dsec.de https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2021-001-yara/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a libyara

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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