High severity · published Mar 20, 2018
CVE-2018-8882
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a stack-based buffer under-read in the function ieee_shr in asm/float.c via a large shift value
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a stack-based buffer under-read in the function ieee_shr in asm/float.c via a large shift value.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Netwide Assembler · Nasm
2.13.02 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8882
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8882
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
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392445
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