CVE-2017-8294
N/A
Published: April 27, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorYara
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98072x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4ex_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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