High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9438
CVE-2017-9438
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.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:virustotal:yara:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/10e8bd3071677dd1fa76beeef4bc2fc427cea5e7nvdPatch
- github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/674nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKNXSH5ERG6NELTXCYVJLUPJJJ2TNEBD/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXM224OLGI6KAOROLDPPGGCZ2OQVQ6HH/nvd
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