CVE-2017-8294

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

3%p87

Published

Apr 27, 2017 (Apr 27, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: virustotal
Products: yara
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.0%)

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