CVE-2020-24978

nasm: double-free vulnerability in pp_tokline asm/preproc.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 4, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

In NASM 2.15.04rc3, there is a double-free vulnerability in pp_tokline asm/preproc.c. This is fixed in commit 8806c3ca007b84accac21dd88b900fb03614ceb7.

Statement

This flaw does not affect nasm as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or 8 as the vulnerable code was committed 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

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