Description
There is an illegal address access at asm/preproc.c (function: is_mmacro) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) because a certain conversion can result in a negative integer.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | nasm | 2.15.02-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | nasm | 2.15.02-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | nasm | 2.15.02-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | nasm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | nasm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | nasm | No fix yet | — |