DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20538

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20538

    Published: 28 Dec 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20538

    Summary:

    Details: There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20538

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nasm

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/nasm?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.16.01-1
    2.16.03-1

    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