CVE-2021-45257

low-risk

Published 2021-12-22

An infinite loop vulnerability exists in nasm 2.16rc0 via the gpaste_tokens function.

Do I need to act?

0.27% 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 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Netwide Assembler

Nasm

Broken Link https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392790

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal