Is CVE-2018-19974 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-19974 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-19974?

CVE-2018-19974 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-19974?

CVE-2018-19974 has an EPSS score of 1.28% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19974?

Upgrade yara on debian 11 to 3.8.1-2 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-19974

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In YARA 3.8.1, bytecode in a specially crafted compiled rule can read uninitialized data from VM scratch memory in libyara/exec.c. This can allow attackers to discover addresses in the real stack (not the YARA virtual stack).

CWE-908

How to fix

Remediation Available

yaraDebian

Fixed in:3.8.1-2CVE-2018-19974

libyara3Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8080-1

Fixed in:3.7.1-1ubuntu2+esm1USN-8080-1

Fixed in:3.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8080-1

python-yaraUbuntu

Fixed in:3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8080-1

python3-yaraUbuntu

Fixed in:3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8080-1

yaraUbuntu

Fixed in:3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8080-1

Fixed in:3.7.1-1ubuntu2+esm1USN-8080-1

Fixed in:3.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8080-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit3

Other references1

lists.fedoraproject.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-908 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-24941	Critical	9.8	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-1751	High	9.3	61%	-	-
CVE-2008-0081	Critical	9.8	58%	-	-
CVE-2020-1934	Medium	5.3	52%	-	Fix
CVE-2011-1255	High	9.3	42%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.