VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9438

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

Primary references