CVE-2018-16999

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 tiene una escritura de memoria inválida (fallo de segmentación) en expand_smacro en preproc.c, lo que permite que los atacantes provoquen una denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante un archivo de entradas 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

2018-09-13 CVE Reserved
2018-09-13 CVE Published
2023-09-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html	2020-07-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html	2020-07-13

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"				12.14 Search vendor "Nasm" for product "Netwide Assembler" and version "12.14"		rc15		Affected