CVE-2018-20538

MEDIUM

Netwide Assembler 2.14rc16 - Use-After-Free in pp_getline

Title source: llm

Description

There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392531

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0079

EPSS Percentile 51.8%

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-416

Status published

Products (1)

nasm/netwide_assembler 2.14.0 rc16

Published Dec 28, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026