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CVE-2017-17810

nasm: Segfault via mishandled macro calls in asm/preproc.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 21, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a "SEGV on unknown address" that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because asm/preproc.c mishandles macro calls that have the wrong number of arguments.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation