Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2018
CVE-2018-16517
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
5.5
CVSS
4.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)4.5% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Netwide Assembler · Nasm
through 2.13.03; 2.14; 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-2018-16517
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16517
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null-Pointer-Dereference.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392513
Exploit
https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-16517.html
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46726/
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