CVE-2016-10210

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10210
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10210.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-10210
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-04-03T05:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-16T06:12:07.352168Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 yygetnext_buffer function.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/yara?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.0+dfsg-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/yara?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.0+dfsg-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/yara?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.0+dfsg-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/yara?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.0+dfsg-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/virustotal/yara

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/virustotal/yara
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4

Affected versions

v2.*

v2.0.0
v2.1.0

v3.*

v3.0.0
v3.1.0
v3.2.0
v3.3.0
v3.4.0

Database specific 

{
    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "id": "CVE-2016-10210-330229ae",
            "source": "https://github.com/virustotal/yara/commit/3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4",
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "232858766241170923342197156957593741983",
                    "89403057466145677414462041051848350233",
                    "133370254723182019494033209478622675323",
                    "273058502394695062944171708278782574114"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "target": {
                "file": "tests/test-rules.c"
            }
        },
        {
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "id": "CVE-2016-10210-63dccdf0",
            "source": "https://github.com/virustotal/yara/commit/3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4",
            "digest": {
                "function_hash": "319062187590262510384857521465553544922",
                "length": 379.0
            },
            "target": {
                "file": "libyara/re_lexer.c",
                "function": "read_escaped_char"
            }
        },
        {
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "id": "CVE-2016-10210-7e98631f",
            "source": "https://github.com/virustotal/yara/commit/3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4",
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
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                    "102478225584670836247579604382966047398",
                    "219032372834368849656605884813469307797",
                    "109588135315120109691471111030035542615",
                    "96537427801849758662360026998559748281",
                    "317635232934510854580762778296505515432",
                    "23538836800747787634500347838134524094",
                    "304481499534466835726476316150701769780",
                    "2644255049699378229218125910463136876",
                    "299069777012016755621560779460799186324",
                    "155987505363360182313824806965385155743",
                    "183511168320239818181951014720002814802",
                    "204936355221392564709689320916095505603",
                    "309986008312853469303813139027927559978",
                    "155987505363360182313824806965385155743",
                    "183511168320239818181951014720002814802",
                    "2644255049699378229218125910463136876",
                    "299069777012016755621560779460799186324",
                    "155987505363360182313824806965385155743",
                    "183511168320239818181951014720002814802",
                    "11794893441291015571078263345487851261",
                    "20094263778824492216806257163256338074",
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                    "251513632135678423443944202635467523530",
                    "222755949534379301691013090963188323513",
                    "232129203887699682695622625423412085196",
                    "330894402772495228535972548455200485183",
                    "319749593986631905136639160392402720041",
                    "128002450855004098906129925110246601767",
                    "270473198981505932214412468587735414570",
                    "221309190167718662926000711138429812779",
                    "317832567980407949153468754337434838909",
                    "340267854808223507780831579542889517484",
                    "221309190167718662926000711138429812779",
                    "1059436541282616030039747223613744299",
                    "239883045350616390296615249229458988552",
                    "26841419352356923960629142770124987704",
                    "42613070228645917449104870782097768303",
                    "224291725392936973863172042170422483142",
                    "150080669820204767495122767822372095415",
                    "251493215301854993802774442373183527943",
                    "17011814195294081021156642323001208262",
                    "25595261209950335540625957754350502461",
                    "158358113796867956636219999008273716178",
                    "257788128177299968425416246911610334693",
                    "141959839968375308616263564718943749302",
                    "231452450946971607893076037705472862681",
                    "149126086180852221680136269280409942855",
                    "269488869491626573016978721824314088538",
                    "301843585070199915950018085044560699606",
                    "218056480352180112213837428029862832858",
                    "227363276576922675750090353819504393155",
                    "151126940540158838250741942187173544503",
                    "321373381161870382570871738732762336490",
                    "255233805905064914026844033411181850482",
                    "23694176728614836591384557565323027025",
                    "217901105575155353598054782697979905648"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "target": {
                "file": "libyara/re_lexer.c"
            }
        },
        {
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "id": "CVE-2016-10210-8d88ce20",
            "source": "https://github.com/virustotal/yara/commit/3119b232c9c453c98d8fa8b6ae4e37ba18117cd4",
            "digest": {
                "function_hash": "129549999812896073106271991978040963283",
                "length": 9137.0
            },
            "target": {
                "file": "tests/test-rules.c",
                "function": "test_re"
            }
        }
    ]
}