Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-19209 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of nasm as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | nasm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | nasm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | nasm | Not affected |
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