Bug 1529332 – CVE-2017-17818 nasm: Heap-based buffer over-read in paste_tokens function in asm/preproc.c

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Bug 1529332 - (CVE-2017-17818) CVE-2017-17818 nasm: Heap-based buffer over-read in paste_tokens function in asm/preproc.c

Summary:	CVE-2017-17818 nasm: Heap-based buffer over-read in paste_tokens function in ...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-17818

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 11:53 EST by Pedro Sampaio
Modified:	2018-08-18 07:28 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-27 11:53:58 EST

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read that will cause denial of service, related to a while loop in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c.

Upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392428

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-27 12:01:54 EST

Created nasm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1529336]

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