CVE-2018-1000886

MEDIUM

NASM 2.14.01rc5 2.15 - Buffer Overflow in asm/stdscan.c

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

nasm version 2.14.01rc5, 2.15 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asm/stdscan.c:130 that can result in Stack-overflow caused by triggering endless macro generation, crash the program. This attack appear to be exploitable via a crafted nasm input file.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392514

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0075
EPSS Percentile 50.3%
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-119
Status published
Products (2)
nasm/netwide_assembler 2.14.01rc5
nasm/netwide_assembler 2.15
Published Dec 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026