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CVE-2017-9438

N/A
Published: June 5, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:28 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 regexp module in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted rule (involving hex strings) that is mishandled in the _yr_re_emit function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9304.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/10e8bd3071677dd1fa76beeef4bc2fc427cea5e7
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/674
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKNXSH5ERG6NELTXCYVJLUPJJJ2TNEBD/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXM224OLGI6KAOROLDPPGGCZ2OQVQ6HH/

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674

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