CVE-2018-16517

moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
46726
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (16)

Affected Vendors

Nasm

References (12)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null...
Exploit https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392513
Exploit https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-16517.html
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46726/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null...
Exploit https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392513
Exploit https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-16517.html
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46726/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate