Bug 2234917 (CVE-2023-38665)

Summary:	CVE-2023-38665 nasm: NULL pointer dereference in ieee_write_file()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Bug Depends On:	2234958, 2234965, 2234966
Bug Blocks:	2234904

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-25 18:20:12 UTC

Null pointer dereference in ieee_write_file in nasm 2.16rc0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

Reference:
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392818

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-25 19:08:23 UTC

Created nasm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234958]