CVE-2020-24242 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Nasm

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 66.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
NasmDebian NasmNasm Netwide Assembler
Timeline
PublishedAug 25
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/nasm< nasm 2.15.04-1 (bookworm)
▶Debiannasm/nasm< 2.15.04-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v9xp-6r7f-273p: In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-24242: In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2↗2020-08-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
nasm: segmentation fault in tok_text function in asm/preproc.c by accessing read memory↗2020-07-28
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Debian
CVE-2020-24242: nasm - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/p...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-24242 nasm: segmentation fault in tok_text function in asm/preproc.c by accessing read memory↗2020-08-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-24242 nasm: segmentation fault in tok_text function in asm/preproc.c by accessing read memory [fedora-all]↗2020-08-26
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