What is CVE-2024-22653?

CVE-2024-22653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yasm Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-22653?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Yasm Project

CVE-2024-22653

yasm commit 9defefae was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the yasm_section_bcs_append function at section.c.

Published 2025-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Yasm Project — versions 2023-09-22

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/yasm/yasm/issues/247 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
gist.github.com/TimChan2001/03e5792b15d0a34bfaad970e37c17660 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-22653?: CVE-2024-22653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yasm Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-22653?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.