CVE-2018-16999

Name	CVE-2018-16999
Description	Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nasm (PTS)	jessie	2.11.05-1	vulnerable
	stretch	2.12.01-1	vulnerable
	buster, sid	2.14-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
nasm	source	(unstable)	2.14-1	unimportant

Notes

https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392508
https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/commit/980dd658b521afe4a688c4195410c4449a8e2468
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact