VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-51258

A memory leak issue discovered in YASM v.1.3.0 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the new_Token function in the modules/preprocs/nasm/nasm-pp:1512.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A memory leak issue discovered in YASM v.1.3.0 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the new_Token function in the modules/preprocs/nasm/nasm-pp:1512.

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-401
Affected: tortall/yasm
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://github.com/hanxuer/crashes/blob/main/yasm/04/readme.mdExploit
https://github.com/hanxuer/crashes/blob/main/yasm/04/readme.mdExploit

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.