Out-of-bounds Read Affecting nasm package, versions <2.15.04-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NASM-1554343
  • published6 Jan 2020
  • disclosed6 Jan 2020

Introduced: 6 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20352  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 nasm to version 2.15.04-1 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.

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc0, a heap-based buffer over-read occurs (via a crafted .asm file) in set_text_free when called from expand_one_smacro in asm/preproc.c.

CVSS Scores

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