CVE-2023-51258
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jan 18, 2024
Updated: Jul 3, 2024
CWE ID 401
Summary
CVE-2023-51258 is a memory leak vulnerability affecting YASM version 1.3.0. This issue enables a local attacker to cause a denial of service by exploiting the new_Token function in the nasm-pp file located at modules/preprocs/nasm/nasm-pp:1512. The vulnerability results in an excessive memory consumption, leading to a denial of service condition. Attackers can potentially abuse this flaw to crash the system and disrupt normal operations. It is recommended that users update to the latest version of YASM to mitigate this risk.
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