CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-40857

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.87%

54th percentile - higher than 54% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VirusTotal yara v.4.3.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the yr_execute_cod function in the exe.c component.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely execute malicious code, potentially compromising the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of VirusTotal yara to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS