CVE-2017-8294

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-04-27

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Yara (Virustotal)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98072
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4e
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646