CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8929
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-14
- 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-416
Description
The sized_string_cmp function in libyara/sizedstr.c in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted rule.
Affected configurations
• virustotal yara 3.5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/053e67e3ec81cc9268ce30eaf0d6663d8639ed1e Patch
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/658 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/053e67e3ec81cc9268ce30eaf0d6663d8639ed1e Patch
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/658 Issue Tracking, Patch