CVE-2017-17819
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function find_cc() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because pointers associated with skip_white_ calls are not validated.
Published:Dec 21, 2017
Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
EPS:Dec 21, 2017
EPSS Score:0.00198
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Canonical
Product
Ubuntu Linux
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux
Vendor
Nasm
Product
Netwide Assembler
Nasm
Netwide Assembler
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
