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CVE-2017-17815

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…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

  • repo.or.cz /nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3694-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.nasm.us /show_bug.cgi?id=3392436 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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