What is CVE-2020-21528?

CVE-2020-21528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-21528?

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

Vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler

CVE-2020-21528

A Segmentation Fault issue discovered in in ieee_segment function in outieee.c in nasm 2.14.03 and 2.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted assembly file.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nasm Netwide_assembler — versions 2.14.03, 2.15
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-21528?: CVE-2020-21528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-21528?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.