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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-3402

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

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CVE-2021-3402
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1 Nov 2026, 08:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-3402

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 May 2021, 21:15 UTC

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

osv:CVE-2021-3402
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3402",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-3402",
    "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",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-3402",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/virustotal/yara",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
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                  "fixed": "814b6296f4ce389c8c16b5508b56f1f3d9af554d"
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          "versions": [
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            "v3.11.0",
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            "v3.10.0",
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            "v3.8.0",
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            "v3.0.0",
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            "v2.0.0"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:02.855595852Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKNXSH5ERG6NELTXCYVJLUPJJJ2TNEBD/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXM224OLGI6KAOROLDPPGGCZ2OQVQ6HH/",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930175",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/29/2",
        "https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2021-001-yara/"
      ],
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            ],
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                  },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440109,
  "published_at": "2021-05-14T21:15:07.537+00:00"
}