PT-2023-26538 · Nasm+1 · Nasm+1

Han Zheng + 1 · Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2025-06-06 · CVE-2023-38665

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions nasm version 2.16rc0

Description The issue is a null pointer dereference in the ieee write file function, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash.

Recommendations For nasm version 2.16rc0, consider disabling the ieee write file function as a temporary workaround 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

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

AZL-28623

AZL-35021

CVE-2023-38665

OESA-2025-1584

OESA-2025-1585

OESA-2025-1586

Affected Products

Debian

Nasm

References · 19

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392818 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-28623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38665 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1585 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38665 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1584 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-38665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-35021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1584 · Note