Low severity · published Aug 25, 2021
CVE-2020-18974
Buffer Overflow in Netwide Assembler (NASM) v2.15.xx allows attackers to cause a denial of service via 'crc64i' in the component 'nasmlib/crc64'
3.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer Overflow in Netwide Assembler (NASM) v2.15.xx allows attackers to cause a denial of service via 'crc64i' in the component 'nasmlib/crc64'. This issue is different than CVE-2019-7147.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Netwide Assembler · Nasm
2.15 through 2.15.05 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18974
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-18974
Exploit
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392568
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