CVE-2016-10210

HIGH

YARA 3.5.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted Rule in Lexer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libyara/lexer.l in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yy_get_next_buffer function.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/576
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98077

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0248
EPSS Percentile 82.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
virustotal/yara 3.5.0
Published Apr 03, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026