Improper Input Validation Affecting nasm package, versions <2.13.02-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NASM-1554529
  • published21 Dec 2017
  • disclosed21 Dec 2017

Introduced: 21 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17810  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 nasm to version 2.13.02-0.1 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) 2.14rc0, there is a "SEGV on unknown address" that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because asm/preproc.c mishandles macro calls that have the wrong number of arguments.