CVE-2017-17819
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.37% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- nasm/netwide assembler · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/7524cfd91492e6e3719b959498be584a9ced13afPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392435Exploit, Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/7524cfd91492e6e3719b959498be584a9ced13afPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392435Exploit, Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.