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CVE-2017-17815

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mm...

Medium CVSS 5.5

Overview

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between minimum and maximum parameter counts.

CWE: CWE-754 Published: 2017-12-21T03:29:00.397
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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