CVE-2017-8294

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98072Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4ePatch
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646Issue Tracking, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98072Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4ePatch
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646Issue Tracking, Patch

Timeline

Published: Apr 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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