CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-45257

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Dec 22, 2021 | Modified: Jan 10, 2022

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

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45257
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

An infinite loop vulnerability exists in nasm 2.16rc0 via the gpaste_tokens function.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Netwide_assembler	Nasm	2.16-rc0 (including)	2.16-rc0 (including)

References

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392790

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