PT-2017-16761 · Yara · Yara

Fumfel · Published 2017-04-03 · Updated 2026-03-09 · CVE-2017-5924

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions YARA version 3.5.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a use-after-free and application crash, by providing a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yr compiler destroy function.

Recommendations For YARA version 3.5.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5924

USN-8080-1

Affected Products

Yara

References · 28

• 🔥 https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/593 · Exploit
• https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/7f02eca670f29c00a1d2c305e96febae6ce5d37b · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8080-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11328 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5924 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3402 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-8080-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9304 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19975 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19974 · Vendor Advisory