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

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12yasmno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-31975
Debian:13yasmno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-31975
Debian:14yasmno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-31975

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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