Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting nasm-rdoff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NASMRDOFF-1359124
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jun 2017

Introduced: 24 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-11111  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 nasm-rdoff.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nasm-rdoff package and not the nasm-rdoff package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.