CVE-2023-38668 — Out-of-bounds Read in Netwide Assembler

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Nasm Netwide AssemblerDebian Nasm
Timeline
PublishedAug 22

Description

Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm in nasm 2.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

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 Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/nasm

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5w7j-r72q-24v8: Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm in nasm 2↗2023-08-22
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OSV
CVE-2023-38668: Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm in nasm 2↗2023-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2023-38668: nasm - Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm in nasm 2.16 allows attackers to cause a ...↗2023
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Red Hat
nasm: stack-based buffer overflow in disasm()↗2022-09-21
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