Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting nasm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-NASM-1165025
  • published18 Sept 2025
  • disclosed4 Jan 2020

Introduced: 4 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20334  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 nasm.

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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14.02, stack consumption occurs in expr# functions in asm/eval.c. This potentially affects the relationships among expr0, expr1, expr2, expr3, expr4, expr5, and expr6 (and stdscan in asm/stdscan.c). This is similar to CVE-2019-6290 and CVE-2019-6291.

CVSS Base Scores

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