CVE-2018-19209 : Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.

Published 2018-11-12 19:29:00

Updated 2018-12-13 15:34:38

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2018-19209

Nasm » Netwide Assembler » Version: 2.14.0 Update Rc15
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14.0:rc15:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.14%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 31 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	8.6	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial
5.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	1.8	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: High

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

https://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commitdiff/e996d28c70d45008085322b442b44a9224308548

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Patch;Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115797

Bug 1115797 – VUL-1: CVE-2018-19209: nasm: NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack
Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory

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