What is CVE-2020-21687?

CVE-2020-21687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-21687?

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

Buffer overflow in Nasm Netwide Assembler

CVE-2020-21687

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in scan function in stdscan.c in nasm 2.15rc0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted asm file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th 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 2.15
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-21687?: CVE-2020-21687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-21687?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.