CVE-2018-16999
published 2018-09-13CVE-2018-16999: Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of…
PriorityP416medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.03%
60.3th percentile
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | nasm | < nasm 2.14-1 (bookworm) | nasm 2.14-1 (bookworm) |
| nasm | nasm | >= 0 < 2.14-1 | 2.14-1 |
| nasm | nasm | >= 0 < 2.14-1 | 2.14-1 |
| nasm | nasm | >= 0 < 2.14-1 | 2.14-1 |
| nasm | nasm | >= 0 < 2.14-1 | 2.14-1 |
| nasm | netwide_assembler | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Red Hat
nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c
vendor_redhat·2018-09-13·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-16999 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c
nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.
Package: nasm (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: nasm (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: nasm (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: nasm (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2018-16999: nasm - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation faul...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-16999 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16999: nasm - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation faul...
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.14-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.14-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.14-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.14-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.14-1)
GHSA
GHSA-2rh6-gmp4-qfj9: Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-16999 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 GHSA-2rh6-gmp4-qfj9: Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.
OSV
CVE-2018-16999: Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2
osv·2018-09-13·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-16999 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16999: Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16999 nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c
bugzilla·2018-09-17·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-16999 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16999 nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c
CVE-2018-16999 nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.
Upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508
Discussion:
Created nasm tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1629991]
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Unable to reproduce on RHEL 5-7.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16999 nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-17·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-16999 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16999 nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-16999 nasm: Invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.htmlhttps://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.htmlhttps://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508
2018-09-13
Published