CVE-2017-17812 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function detoken() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux
Nasm	Netwide Assembler

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8963	In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function detoken() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3694-1	NASM vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/9b7ee09abfd426b99aa1ea81d19a3b2818eeabf9
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392424
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17812
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17812

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-21T03:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:59:17.959Z

Reserved: 2017-12-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-17812

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-21T03:29:00.287

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-17812

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-12-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-17812 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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