CVE-2017-11328Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Yara

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 17
Latest updateMar 9

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

Debianvirustotal/yara< 3.6.3+dfsg-1+3
Ubuntuvirustotal/yara< 3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1+2
NVDvirustotal/yara10 versions+9

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
yara vulnerabilities2026-03-09
GHSA
GHSA-74mr-94vc-9ghr: Heap buffer overflow in the yr_object_array_set_item() function in object2022-05-17
OSV
CVE-2017-11328: Heap buffer overflow in the yr_object_array_set_item() function in object2017-07-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-11328: Heap buffer overflow in the yr_object_array_set_item() function in object2017-07-14

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
YARA vulnerabilities2026-03-09
Debian
CVE-2017-11328: yara - Heap buffer overflow in the yr_object_array_set_item() function in object.c in Y...2017

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11328 yara: Heap buffer overflow in yr_object_array_set_item() [fedora-all]2017-07-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11328 yara: Heap buffer overflow in yr_object_array_set_item() [epel-all]2017-07-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11328 yara: Heap buffer overflow in yr_object_array_set_item()2017-07-19
CVE-2017-11328 — Virustotal Yara vulnerability | cvebase