CVE-2018-20538

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-20538
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-12-28T16:29:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-01-10T21:25:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14.0:rc16:*:*:*:*:*:* 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=3392531 Issue Tracking Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20538
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20538
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:48:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:49:02 2018-12-28T16:29Z 2018-12-28T16:29:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:49:02 2019-01-10T21:25:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:49:02 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated