CVE-2019-6291

An issue was discovered in the function expr6 in eval.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14.02. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the expr6 function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving lots of '!' or '+' or '-' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted asm file.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 58%
VendorProductVersion
nasmnetwide_assembler
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≤ 2.14.02
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
nasm
bullseye
unimportant
bookworm
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
nasm
noble
deferred
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
deferred
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
deferred
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
cosmic
ignored
bionic
deferred
xenial
deferred
trusty
dne