Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 21, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17819
CVE-2017-17819
Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function find_cc() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because pointers associated with skip_white_ calls are not validated.
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Affected products
18- cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- Range: = 2.14rc0
- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/nasm&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-atk&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-cairo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-gdk-pixbuf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-harfbuzz&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-libffi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-libffi-gcc5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-pango&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nasm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 2.15.05-1.6+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.15.05-1.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.1-2.8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.15.10-2.13.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.36.11-2.8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.3-2.14.7
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.9-2.15.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.5-2.7.4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.40.14-2.7.4
- (no CPE)range: < 68-21.9.8
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-78.51.4
- (no CPE)range: < 4.21-29.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.45-38.9.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.14.02-4.8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/7524cfd91492e6e3719b959498be584a9ced13afnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingTool SignatureVendor Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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