CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-37732

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 26, 2023 | Modified: Aug 02, 2023
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
5.5 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Yasm v1.3.0.78 was found prone to NULL Pointer Dereference in /libyasm/intnum.c and /elf/elf.c, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Yasm Yasm_project 1.3.0.78.g4dc8 (including) 1.3.0.78.g4dc8 (including)
Yasm Ubuntu bionic *
Yasm Ubuntu kinetic *
Yasm Ubuntu lunar *
Yasm Ubuntu mantic *
Yasm Ubuntu trusty *
Yasm Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References