CVE-2017-14228 - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens

CVE-2017-14228

Summary

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.

References

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392423
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-19
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 28-03-2019 - 05:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-476

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

gentoo	GLSA-201903-19
misc	https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392423
ubuntu	USN-3694-1

Last major update

28-03-2019 - 05:29

Published

09-09-2017 - 08:29

Last modified

28-03-2019 - 05:29