CVE-2017-17818
Publication date 20 December 2017
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to a while loop in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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nasm | 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2.10.09-1ubuntu0.1
|
Notes
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-3694-1
- NASM vulnerabilities
- 28 June 2018