Name: CVE-2017-9304: Uncontrolled Recursion
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-9304, CWE-674, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00334

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade yara	Jul 30, 2024	May 31, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade yara (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-yara (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libyara3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-yara (Ubuntu Pro)	Jun 26, 2025	May 31, 2017

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CVSS Details

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