Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Netwide Assembler by NASM
CVE-2019-6290

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Nasm

Status
Netwide Assembler
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 October 2022

What is CVE-2019-6290?

An infinite recursion issue found in eval.c of the Netwide Assembler (NASM) can lead to stack exhaustion due to excessive '{' characters in certain assembly files. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to craft malicious asm files that exploit this flaw, potentially causing a denial-of-service condition.

References

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392548
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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