CVE-2017-17818

7.5 HIGH

Published: December 21, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to a while loop in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392428

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392428

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.7%

84th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

Affected Vendors

nasm canonical

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