CVE-2020-24242

nasm: segmentation fault in tok_text function in asm/preproc.c by accessing read memory

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 28, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ memory.

Statement

nasm as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 is not affected by this flaw because the vulnerable code was introduced in a newer version of nasm.

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 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference