Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392423
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-19
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0115
EPSS Percentile
62.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
nasm/netwide_assembler
2.14 rc0
Published
Sep 09, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026