CVE-2023-51258

2024-01-1800:00:00

ubuntu.com

yasm

memory leak

denial of service

new_token

local attacker

yasm v1.3.0

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

Notes

Author	Note
	Priority reason: Crash in CLI tool generally expected to operate on trusted input.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchyasm< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchyasm< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchyasm< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchyasm< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchyasm< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	yasm	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	yasm	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	yasm	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	yasm	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	yasm	< any	UNKNOWN