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CVE-2017-8294

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.00% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-04-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-8294
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.00%

Original NVD Description

libyara/re.c in the regex component in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yr_re_exec function.