CVE-2017-11111

moderate-risk

Published 2017-07-08

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Do I need to act?

0.40% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Netwide Assembler

Ubuntu Linux

Affected Vendors

Canonical Nasm

References (6)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392415

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-19

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392415

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-19

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low