CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17815
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-754
Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between minimum and maximum parameter counts.
Affected configurations
• nasm netwide assembler 2.14
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness
References
- http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392436 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392436 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/ Third Party Advisory