Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 21, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-17815
CVE-2017-17815
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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