CVE-2018-16517

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 - NULL Pointer Dereference (PoC)

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

asm/labels.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) is prone to NULL Pointer Dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

asm/labels.c en Netwide Assembler (NASM) es propenso a una desreferencia de puntero NULL, lo que permite que el atacante provoque una denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante un archivo manipulado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-05 CVE Reserved
2018-09-06 CVE Published
2019-04-18 First Exploit
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/152566	2019-04-18
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46726	2024-08-05
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null-Pointer-Dereference.html	2024-08-05
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392513	2024-08-05
https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-16517.html	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html	2020-11-10
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html	2020-11-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				<= 2.13.03 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version " <= 2.13.03"		-		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14"		rc15		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc1		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc10		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc11		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc12		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc13		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc14		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc2		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc3		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc4		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc5		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc6		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc7		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc8		Affected
Nasm Search vendor "Nasm"		Netwide Assembler Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler"				2.14.0 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "2.14.0"		rc9		Affected