cve/2017/CVE-2017-9438.md

### [CVE-2017-9438](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9438)
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### Description

libyara/re.c in the regexp module in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted rule (involving hex strings) that is mishandled in the _yr_re_emit function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9304.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ICSE2020-MemLock/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/SZU-SE/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/SZU-SE/Stack-overflow-Fuzzer-TestSuite
- https://github.com/tzf-key/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/tzf-omkey/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/wcventure/MemLock_Benchmark