CVE-2018-16999

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-16999

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2018-09-13T16:29:01

Last Modified Date
2020-07-13T21:15:12

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-787	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:12.14:rc15::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16999
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16999

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:40:58				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 12:08:44	2018-09-13T16:29Z	2018-09-13T16:29:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 12:08:44		2020-07-13T21:15:12	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 12:08:44		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated