🛡️ CVE-2024-22653 — yasm

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-22653 is classified as CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. A pointer that can be null is used without a check, crashing the process.

Affected software

CVE-2024-22653 is recorded against 1 package.

• yasm

Timeline and source

Published on 29 May 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

yasm has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CGA-v3q2-8qp5-x69q (published 29 Jan 2026)
• OESA-2025-1639 (5.0 Medium, published 13 Jun 2025)
• BELL-CVE-2024-22653 (published 30 May 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22653 (published 29 May 2025)
• DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22653 (published 29 May 2025)
• AZL-64274 (published 29 May 2025)
• AZL-64242 (published 29 May 2025)
• OESA-2025-1526 (5.0 Medium, published 16 May 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference) in other software:

• CVE-2023-25665 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36000 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25660 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35965 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25674 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36014 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25670 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36013 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-22653 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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