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CVE-2017-9465

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The yr_arena_write_data function in YARA 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted file that is mishandled in the yr_re_fast_exec function in libyara/re.c and the _yr_scan_match_callback function in libyara/scan.c.

Affected products

• Yara Object: 3.6.1

References

• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/992480c30f75943e9cd6245bb2015c7737f9b661
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/678
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/992480c30f75943e9cd6245bb2015c7737f9b661
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/678

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