Use After Free Affecting nasm package, versions <2.13.01-2ubuntu0.1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-NASM-371397
- published21 Dec 2017
- disclosed21 Dec 2017
Introduced: 21 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17813 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:17.10 nasm to version 2.13.01-2ubuntu0.1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in the pp_list_one_macro function in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to mishandling of line-syntax errors.