Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting nasm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-NASM-2001423
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2018-8881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 nasm.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nasm package and not the nasm package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function tokenize in asm/preproc.c, related to an unterminated string.