NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nasm package, versions [,2.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NASM-2317927
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed6 Sept 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nasm to version 2.14 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference asm/labels.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) is prone to NULL Pointer Dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS Scores

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