PT-2018-18689 · Netwide+1 · Netwide Assembler+1

Jun · Published 2018-03-20 · Updated 2020-07-13 · CVE-2018-8883

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.13.02rc2

Description The issue is related to a buffer over-read in the parse line function, located in asm/parser.c. This occurs due to uncontrolled access to nasm reg flags.

Recommendations For Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.13.02rc2, consider restricting access to the parse line function in asm/parser.c until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the nasm reg flags variable in the affected function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8883

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0952-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0954-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0952-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0954-1

SUSE-SU-2020:1843-1

Affected Products

Netwide Assembler

Suse

References · 71

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01131 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:1843-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0952-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8883 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392447 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8883 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0954-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10316.html · Note