CVE-2018-16999 - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro

CVE-2018-16999

Summary

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:12.14:rc15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:12.14:rc15:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 13-07-2020 - 21:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-787

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

misc	https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508
suse	openSUSE-SU-2020:0952 openSUSE-SU-2020:0954

Last major update

13-07-2020 - 21:15

Published

13-09-2018 - 16:29

Last modified

13-07-2020 - 21:15