NULL pointer dereference in YARA - CVE-2016-10210
Published: April 3, 2017 / Updated: January 26, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39299
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10210
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yy_get_next_buffer function.
Affected software
YARA
Fedora
yara
Fedora
yara
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10210
Install update from vendor's website.
yara - addressed in versions 3.5.0-7.el7, 3.5.0-7.fc24, 3.5.0-7.fc25, 3.5.0-7.fc26, 3.6.0-1.el7, 3.6.0-1.fc24, 3.6.0-1.fc25, 3.6.0-1.fc26, 3.11.0-1.el6