What is CVE-2020-18974?

CVE-2020-18974 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-18974?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Nasm Netwide Assembler

CVE-2020-18974

Buffer Overflow in Netwide Assembler (NASM) v2.15.xx allows attackers to cause a denial of service via 'crc64i' in the component 'nasmlib/crc64'. This issue is different than CVE-2019-7147.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Nasm Netwide_assembler
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-18974?: CVE-2020-18974 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-18974?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.