CVE-2021-33458 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A NULL pointer dereference in the Yasm assembler allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-33458?

CVE-2021-33458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in yasm version 1.3.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in find_cc() in modules/preprocs/nasm/nasm-pp.c.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33458?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tortall Yasm.

How do I fix CVE-2021-33458?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-33458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-33458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as AZL-10328, AZL-35368, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33458, GHSA-f2h5-vm63-v6j2, JLSEC-2026-588, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33458.

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