CVE-2017-17819

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-12-21
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1529334: CVE-2017-17819 nasm: Illegal address access in find_cc function in asm/preproc.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function find_cc() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because pointers associated with skip_white_ calls are not validated.

Find out more about CVE-2017-17819 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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