Vulnerability · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-37732
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the yasm package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37732 |
| Debian:13 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37732 |
| Debian:14 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37732 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37732 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37732 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37732 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37732 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37732 |