CVE-2017-17820

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_list_one_macro in asm/preproc.c that will lead to a remote denial of service attack, related to mishandling of operand-type errors.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-12-21

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Netwide Assembler (Nasm)

References

• https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392433
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/