Out-of-bounds Read Affecting nasm package, versions <2.14-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NASM-1554186
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed12 Nov 2018

Introduced: 12 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 nasm to version 2.14-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nasm package and not the nasm package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 has a heap-based buffer over-read in expand_mmac_params in asm/preproc.c for the special cases of the % and $ and ! characters.