Use After Free Affecting nasm package, versions <2.15.04-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NASM-1554517
  • published28 Dec 2018
  • disclosed28 Dec 2018

Introduced: 28 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20535  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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.

There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during a line-number increment attempt.