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CVE-2017-17817

Date: December 20, 2017

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_verror in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392427

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17817

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17817

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17817

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17817

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-17817

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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