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CVE-2018-16517

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 06, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
2.5 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16517
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

asm/labels.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) is prone to NULL Pointer Dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Netwide_assembler Nasm * 2.13.03 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14-rc15 (including) 2.14-rc15 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc1 (including) 2.14.0-rc1 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc10 (including) 2.14.0-rc10 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc11 (including) 2.14.0-rc11 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc12 (including) 2.14.0-rc12 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc13 (including) 2.14.0-rc13 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc14 (including) 2.14.0-rc14 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc2 (including) 2.14.0-rc2 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc3 (including) 2.14.0-rc3 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc4 (including) 2.14.0-rc4 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc5 (including) 2.14.0-rc5 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc6 (including) 2.14.0-rc6 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc7 (including) 2.14.0-rc7 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc8 (including) 2.14.0-rc8 (including)
Netwide_assembler Nasm 2.14.0-rc9 (including) 2.14.0-rc9 (including)
Nasm Ubuntu bionic *
Nasm Ubuntu cosmic *
Nasm Ubuntu devel *
Nasm Ubuntu eoan *
Nasm Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Nasm Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Nasm Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Nasm Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Nasm Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Nasm Ubuntu focal *
Nasm Ubuntu groovy *
Nasm Ubuntu hirsute *
Nasm Ubuntu impish *
Nasm Ubuntu jammy *
Nasm Ubuntu kinetic *
Nasm Ubuntu lunar *
Nasm Ubuntu mantic *
Nasm Ubuntu noble *
Nasm Ubuntu oracular *
Nasm Ubuntu trusty *
Nasm Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References

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