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CVE-2023-31722

nasm: heap buffer overflow in expand_mmacro() asm/preproc.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 17, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in Nasm's expand_mmacro() function, in the asm/preproc.c file. This issue could allow an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering out-of-bounds read access, causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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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-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow