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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NASM-1554554
  • published26 Aug 2020
  • disclosed25 Aug 2020

Introduced: 25 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-24241  (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.

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, there is heap use-after-free in saa_wbytes in nasmlib/saa.c.

CVSS Scores

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