Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-31975
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity memory leak 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 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
yasm v1.3.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function yasm_intnum_copy at /libyasm/intnum.c. Note: Multiple third parties dispute this as a bug and not a vulnerability according to the YASM security policy.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31975 |
| Debian:13 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31975 |
| Debian:14 | yasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31975 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- https://github.com/yasm/yasm/issues/210
- [oss-security] 20230620 CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230622 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230622 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230624 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list