Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-22653
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
yasm commit 9defefae was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the yasm_section_bcs_append function at section.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22653 |
| Debian:13 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22653 |
| Debian:14 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22653 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22653 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22653 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22653 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22653 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | yasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22653 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N