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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NASM-1554267
  • published20 Mar 2018
  • disclosed20 Mar 2018

Introduced: 20 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8883  (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) 2.13.02rc2 has a buffer over-read in the parse_line function in asm/parser.c via uncontrolled access to nasm_reg_flags.