Bug 2193050 (CVE-2022-44368)

Summary: CVE-2022-44368 nasm: null pointer dereference in obj_directive in output/outobj.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: TEJ RATHI <trathi>
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in nasm's obj_directive() function in output/outobj.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to pass a specially crafted malicious input file, causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2193299, 2193301, 2193303, 2193304, 2193305    
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Description TEJ RATHI 2023-05-04 06:31:06 UTC
NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a null pointer deference in the NASM component

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392820

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-05-05 05:20:16 UTC
Created nasm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-36 [bug 2193299]
Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2193301]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2193303]