CVE-2017-17815

nasm: Illegal address access in is_mmacro function in asm/preproc.c

Published Dec 21, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between minimum and maximum parameter counts.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8966 In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between minimum and maximum parameter counts.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3694-1 NASM vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:59 PM
Reserved
Dec 20, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 21, 2017, 3:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:11 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 21, 2017, 12:00 AM