CVE-2017-9465 — Out-of-bounds Read in Yara

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Virustotal Yara
Timeline
PublishedJun 6
Latest updateMar 9

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianvirustotal/yara< 3.6.2+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuvirustotal/yara< 3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1+2
▶NVDvirustotal/yara3.6.1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
yara vulnerabilities↗2026-03-09
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GHSA
GHSA-35mv-vrc8-4x74: The yr_arena_write_data function in YARA 3↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-9465: The yr_arena_write_data function in YARA 3↗2017-06-06
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CVEList
CVE-2017-9465: The yr_arena_write_data function in YARA 3↗2017-06-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
YARA vulnerabilities↗2026-03-09
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Debian
CVE-2017-9465: yara - The yr_arena_write_data function in YARA 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause ...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9465 yara: Buffer over-read in yr_arena_write_data function↗2017-06-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9465 yara: Buffer over-read in yr_arena_write_data function [epel-all]↗2017-06-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9465 yara: Buffer over-read in yr_arena_write_data function [fedora-all]↗2017-06-07
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CVE-2017-9465 — Out-of-bounds Read in Virustotal Yara | cvebase