CVE-2018-8883 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer over-read in NASM allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-8883?
CVE-2018-8883 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, published on 20 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a buffer over-read in the parse_line function in asm/parser.c via uncontrolled access to nasm_reg_flags.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8883?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nasm Netwide Assembler.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8883?
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-2018-8883 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8883 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nasm Netwide Assembler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8883, GHSA-53g3-2vvv-qww7, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8883.