CVE-2017-17812
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function detoken() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.13.02-0.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.13.02-0.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.13.02-0.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.13.02-0.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.13.02-0.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nasm | netwide_assembler | 2.14 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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