VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16999

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.09%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references