Bug 1529330 – CVE-2017-17816 nasm: Use-after-free in pp_getline function in asm/preproc.c

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Bug 1529330 - (CVE-2017-17816) CVE-2017-17816 nasm: Use-after-free in pp_getline function in asm/preproc.c

Summary:	CVE-2017-17816 nasm: Use-after-free in pp_getline function in asm/preproc.c

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-17816

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1529336
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Reported:	2017-12-27 11:48 EST by Pedro Sampaio
Modified:	2018-08-18 07:29 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-27 11:48:04 EST

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_getline in asm/preproc.c that will cause a denial of service.

Upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392426

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-27 12:01:29 EST

Created nasm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1529336]

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