CVE-2018-8883

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-10-22
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1559919: CVE-2018-8883 nasm: Buffer over-read in parse_line function in asm/parser.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a buffer over-read in the parse_line function in asm/parser.c via uncontrolled access to nasm_reg_flags.

Find out more about CVE-2018-8883 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 Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 nasm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 nasm Will not fix

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