Out-of-bounds Read Affecting nasm package, versions [,2.15rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NASM-2317941
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed29 Jan 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-7147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nasm to version 2.15rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. A buffer over-read exists in the function crc64ib in crc64.c in nasmlib in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16. A crafted asm input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1