CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8294
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
libyara/re.c in the regex component in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yr_re_exec function.
Affected configurations
• virustotal yara 3.5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98072 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4e Patch
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646 Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98072 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4e Patch
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646 Issue Tracking, Patch