PT-2017-15023 · Netwide+2 · Netwide Assembler+2

Owl337

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Published

2017-12-20

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2017-17818

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc0
Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer over-read that could lead to a remote denial of service attack. This is connected to a while loop in the paste tokens function located in asm/preproc.c.
Recommendations For Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc0, consider restricting access to the paste tokens function in asm/preproc.c to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Out of bounds Read

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17818
MGASA-2018-0129
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11075-1
SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SUSE-SU-2019_14246-1
SUSE-SU-2020:1864-1
USN-3694-1

Affected Products

Netwide Assembler
Suse
Ubuntu