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Unscored CVE-2020-24242 EUVD-2020-16977GHSA-v9xp-6r7f-273p

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ memory.

Published Aug 25, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ memory.

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nasm 2.15.04-1 —
Debian 13 nasm 2.15.04-1 —
Debian 12 nasm 2.15.04-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nasm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nasm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS nasm No fix yet —

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