CVE-2018-1000667: nasm netwide_assembler

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1000667 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in nasm netwide_assembler. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 06-09-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NASM nasm-2.13.03 nasm- 2.14rc15 version 2.14rc15 and earlier contains a memory corruption (crashed) of nasm when handling a crafted file due to function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. vulnerability in function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. that can result in aborting/crash nasm program. This attack appear to be exploitable via a specially crafted asm file..

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.