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CVE-2021-33464

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-33464 is a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability found in yasm version 1.3.0, specifically within the inc_fopen() function in modules/preprocs/nasm/nasm-pp.c. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and user interaction, and if exploited, could lead to a high impact on availability, though confidentiality and integrity are not affected. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tortall:yasm:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17890-16820Fixed in: 1.3.0-14
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18874-16823Fixed in: 1.3.0-16
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 yasm 1.3.0-14 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 1.3.0-14
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 yasm 1.3.0-16 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.3.0-16

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Jul/CVE-2021-33464Moderate

An issue was discovered in yasm version 1.3.0. There is a heap-buffer-overflow in inc_fopen() in modules/preprocs/nasm/nasm-pp.c.

Jul 12, 2022

References

gist.github.com / Clingto/bb632c0c463f4b2c97e4f65f751c5e6d
Third Party Advisory
github.com / yasm/yasm/issues/164
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory