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CVE-2017-9438

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.57% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2017-9438
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.57%

Original NVD Description

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 (involving hex strings) that is mishandled in the _yr_re_emit function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9304.

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