Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting nasm package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NASM-1326243
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed6 Sept 2018
Introduced: 6 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-1000886 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL: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 RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
nasm version 2.14.01rc5, 2.15 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asm/stdscan.c:130 that can result in Stack-overflow caused by triggering endless macro generation, crash the program. This attack appear to be exploitable via a crafted nasm input file.