5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-17815
Netwide Assembler NASM Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between minimum and maximum parameter counts.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 21, 2017, 3:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 26, 2019, 3:44 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-17815 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Nasm netwide_assembler
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-17815.

URL Resource
http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392436 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-17815 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assmembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392436 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392436 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3 No Types Assigned http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-754
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assmembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.38 }} 0.00%

score

0.72972

percentile

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