CVE-2017-17812

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-12-21
CWE:
CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1529319: CVE-2017-17812 nasm: Heap-based buffer over-read in detoken function in asm/preproc.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function detoken() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.

Find out more about CVE-2017-17812 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nasm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 nasm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 nasm Will not fix

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