NULL pointer dereference in yasm - CVE-2021-33459

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NULL pointer dereference in yasm - CVE-2021-33459

Published: April 7, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74584
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33459
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
yasm
Software vendor:
www.tortall.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the nasm_parser_directive() function in modules/parsers/nasm/nasm-parse.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

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