Bug 2210234 (CVE-2023-31724)

Summary:	CVE-2023-31724 yasm: null pointer dereference in do_directive() at nasm/nasm-pp.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Doc Text:	A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in Yasm's do_directive() function in nasm/nasm-pp.c file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening specially crafted file, causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2210245, 2210246, 2210247, 2210248
Bug Blocks:	2208018

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-05-26 08:45:12 UTC

yasm 1.3.0.55.g101bc was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function do_directive at /nasm/nasm-pp.c.

https://github.com/yasm/yasm/issues/222
https://github.com/DaisyPo/fuzzing-vulncollect/tree/main/yasm/SEGV/nasm-pp.c:3570%20in%20do_directive

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-05-26 09:25:21 UTC

Created yasm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2210246]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2210245]