NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nasm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
4.5% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-NASM-371527
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed6 Sept 2018

Introduced: 6 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 nasm.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

asm/labels.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) is prone to NULL Pointer Dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1