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CVE-2017-9438
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-06-05T17:29:00.183 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:28:06.260

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 (involving hex strings) that is mishandled in the _yr_re_emit function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9304.

Affected products

virustotal — yara

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References

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