Use After Free Affecting yara package, versions <3.5.0+dfsg-9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.59% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-YARA-20079377
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed3 Apr 2017

Introduced: 3 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-10211  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest yara to version 3.5.0+dfsg-9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yara package and not the yara package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

libyara/grammar.y in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yr_parser_lookup_loop_variable function.