CVE-2018-16517 Information

Description

asm/labels.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) is prone to NULL Pointer Dereference which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null-Pointer-Dereference.html https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392513 https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-16517.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46726/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5