NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nasm-rdoff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NASMRDOFF-5862599
  • published26 Aug 2023
  • disclosed12 Oct 2022

Introduced: 12 Oct 2022

CVE-2023-38665  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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.

Null pointer dereference in ieee_write_file in nasm 2.16rc0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVSS Scores

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