Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to a while loop in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392428
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0068
EPSS Percentile
71.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
nasm/netwide_assembler
2.14 rc0
Published
Dec 21, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026