CVE-2018-1000667 Memory corruption in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted assembly file to the NASM assembler, leading to a crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1000667?
CVE-2018-1000667 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, published on 6 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NASM nasm-2.13.03 nasm- 2.14rc15 version 2.14rc15 and earlier contains a memory corruption (crashed) of nasm when handling a crafted file due to function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. vulnerability in function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. that can result in aborting/crash nasm program. This attack appear to be exploitable via a specially crafted asm file..
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000667?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nasm Netwide Assembler.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1000667?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-1000667 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000667 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nasm Netwide Assembler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000667, GHSA-mx2f-ggfx-v955, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000667.