CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-31972

Use After Free

Published: May 09, 2023 | Modified: Jan 29, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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yasm v1.3.0 was discovered to contain a use after free via the function pp_getline at /nasm/nasm-pp.c. Note: Multiple third parties dispute this as a bug and not a vulnerability according to the YASM security policy.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
YasmTortall1.3.0 (including)1.3.0 (including)
YasmUbuntubionic*
YasmUbuntukinetic*
YasmUbuntulunar*
YasmUbuntumantic*
YasmUbuntutrusty*
YasmUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References