Vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler

CVE-2020-24242

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ memory.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th 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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24242?: CVE-2020-24242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-24242?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-24242 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.