What is CVE-2017-11328?

CVE-2017-11328 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Virustotal Yara, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-11328?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Virustotal Yara

CVE-2017-11328

Heap buffer overflow in the yr_object_array_set_item() function in object.c in YARA 3.x allows a denial-of-service attack by scanning a crafted .NET file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (48.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Virustotal Yara — versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11328?: CVE-2017-11328 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Virustotal Yara, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-11328?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.