CVE-2016-10210

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Published 2017-04-03 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2016-10210 NameCVE-2016-10210 Descriptionlibyara/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. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web…

CVE-2016-10210

Name	CVE-2016-10210
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	859821

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
yara (PTS)	bullseye	4.0.5-1	fixed
	bookworm	4.2.3-4	fixed
	trixie	4.5.2-1	fixed
	forky, sid	4.5.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
yara	source	jessie	3.1.0-2+deb8u1
yara	source	(unstable)	3.5.0+dfsg-9			859821

Notes

https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/576

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Apply commands

text fix

Notes

https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/576

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.5.0+dfsg-9`
sid	Fixed	`3.5.0+dfsg-9`
forky	Fixed	`3.5.0+dfsg-9`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.5.0+dfsg-9`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.5.0+dfsg-9`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
virustotal	yara	`3.5.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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