Improper Input Validation Affecting nasm package, versions <2.15.02-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-NASM-371391
  • published30 Nov 2018
  • disclosed30 Nov 2018

Introduced: 30 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19755  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable nasm to version 2.15.02-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an illegal address access at asm/preproc.c (function: is_mmacro) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) because a certain conversion can result in a negative integer.