Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2018
CVE-2018-1000667
NASM nasm-2.13.03 nasm- 2.14rc15 version 2.14rc15 and earlier contains a memory corruption (crashed) of nasm when handling a crafted file due to function assemble_file(inname,…
5.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NASM nasm-2.13.03 nasm- 2.14rc15 version 2.14rc15 and earlier contains a memory corruption (crashed) of nasm when handling a crafted file due to function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. vulnerability in function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. that can result in aborting/crash nasm program. This attack appear to be exploitable via a specially crafted asm file..
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Netwide Assembler · Nasm
through 2.14.0; 2.14.0; 2.14.0; 2.14.0; 2.14.0; 2.14.0; +10 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000667
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000667
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392507
Exploit
https://github.com/cyrillos/nasm/issues/3
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