--- a/libclamav/yara_exec.c	2022-05-01 23:24:50.000000000 -0700
+++ b/libclamav/yara_exec.c	2022-06-21 15:21:13.652598961 -0700
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
         break;
 
       case OP_PUSH_RULE:
-        rule = *(YR_RULE**)(ip + 1);
+        memcpy(&rule, ip + 1, sizeof(YR_RULE *));
         ip += sizeof(uint64_t);
 #if REAL_YARA
         push(rule->t_flags[tidx] & RULE_TFLAGS_MATCH ? 1 : 0);
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
 
       case OP_MATCH_RULE:
         pop(r1);
-        rule = *(YR_RULE**)(ip + 1);
+        memcpy(&rule, ip + 1, sizeof(YR_RULE *));
         ip += sizeof(uint64_t);
 
         if (!IS_UNDEFINED(r1) && r1)
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
         break;
 
       case OP_OBJ_LOAD:
-        identifier = *(char**)(ip + 1);
+        memcpy(&identifier, ip + 1, sizeof(char *));
         ip += sizeof(uint64_t);
 
         object = (YR_OBJECT*) yr_hash_table_lookup(
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
       case OP_OBJ_FIELD:
         pop(r1);
 
-        identifier = *(char**)(ip + 1);
+        memcpy(&identifier, ip + 1, sizeof(char *));
         ip += sizeof(uint64_t);
 
         if (IS_UNDEFINED(r1))
---