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FKIE_CVE-2017-9304

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-31 04:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:27

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

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 that is mishandled in the _yr_re_emit function.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/925bcf3c3b0a28b5b78e25d9efda5c0bf27ae699	Patch
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/674	Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/925bcf3c3b0a28b5b78e25d9efda5c0bf27ae699	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/674	Issue Tracking, Patch

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	virustotal	yara	3.5.0

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:27:51.580",
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CVE-2017-9304 (GCVE-0-2017-9304)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-31 03:54 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:02

Summary

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 that is mishandled in the _yr_re_emit function.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/925bcf3…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/674	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2017-05-30 00:00

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