UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16999

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16999

    Published: 13 Sept 2018Last Modified: 28 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16999

    Summary:

    Details: Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16999, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16999

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nasm

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.11.06-1really2.11.05-1
    2.11.08-1
    2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1

    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