CVE-2018-16999 Information

Description

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/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 https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508

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