What is CVE-2017-9465?

CVE-2017-9465 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virustotal Yara, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-9465?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Virustotal Yara

CVE-2017-9465

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (65.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Virustotal Yara — versions 3.6.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9465?: CVE-2017-9465 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virustotal Yara, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-9465?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.