CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-20538

Use After Free

Published: Dec 28, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/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
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Netwide_assemblerNasm2.14.0-rc16 (including)2.14.0-rc16 (including)
NasmUbuntubionic*
NasmUbuntucosmic*
NasmUbuntudisco*
NasmUbuntueoan*
NasmUbuntufocal*
NasmUbuntugroovy*
NasmUbuntuhirsute*
NasmUbuntuimpish*
NasmUbuntukinetic*
NasmUbuntulunar*
NasmUbuntumantic*
NasmUbuntuoracular*
NasmUbuntuplucky*
NasmUbuntutrusty*
NasmUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References