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high 7.5

CVE-2017-9304 json

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…

published 2017-05-31 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18239

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • yara Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9304

  • yara Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9304

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • yara openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.1.1-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11530-1

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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