CVE-2016-10210 - libyara/lexer.l in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer der

CVE-2016-10210

Summary

libyara/lexer.l in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yy_get_next_buffer function.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98077
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/576

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:virustotal:yara:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virustotal:yara:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 02-05-2017 - 01:59)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-476

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

bid	98077
confirm	https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4 https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/576

Last major update

02-05-2017 - 01:59

Published

03-04-2017 - 05:59