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.

EPSS: 0.002 (12.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Yasm_project Yasm — versions 2023-09-22
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (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.