What is CVE-2018-19209?

CVE-2018-19209 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-19209?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Nasm Netwide Assembler

CVE-2018-19209

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nasm Netwide_assembler — versions 2.14.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19209?: CVE-2018-19209 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-19209?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.