CVE-2018-8881
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function tokenize in asm/preproc.c, related to an unterminated string.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function tokenize in asm/preproc.c, related to an unterminated string.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.09% probability · 65th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- nasm/netwide assembler · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.1% 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392446Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392446Issue Tracking, 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.