In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netwide_assembler | Nasm | 2.14-rc0 (including) | 2.14-rc0 (including) |
| Nasm | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Nasm | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Nasm | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Nasm | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Nasm | Ubuntu | zesty | * |