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CVE-2016-10211

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

libyara/grammar.y in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yr_parser_lookup_loop_variable function.

Affected products

• Yara Object: 3.5.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98078
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/890c3f850293176c0e996a602ffa88b315f4e98f
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/575
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98078
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/890c3f850293176c0e996a602ffa88b315f4e98f
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/575

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