| Name | CVE-2018-20538 |
| Description | There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 918269 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nasm (PTS) | bullseye | 2.15.05-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.16.01-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.16.03-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nasm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 918269 |
Notes
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392531
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact