UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10210

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10210
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10210.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10210
Upstream
Published
2017-04-03T05:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:58Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yara@3.4.0+dfsg-2build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0+dfsg-2
3.4.0+dfsg-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libyara-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libyara3",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-yara",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-yara",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "yara",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2build1"
        }
    ]
}