NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nasm package, versions <2.13.02-0.1
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- published9 Sept 2017
- disclosed9 Sept 2017
Introduced: 9 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14228 (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 an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.