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CVE-2016-10210
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…
High7.5EPSS 2.9%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/576 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .