NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nasm package, versions <2.13.02-0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.19% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-NASM-371548
  • published9 Sept 2017
  • disclosed9 Sept 2017

Introduced: 9 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable 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.