What is CVE-2022-41420?

CVE-2022-41420 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-41420?

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

Buffer overflow in Nasm Netwide Assembler

CVE-2022-41420

nasm v2.16 was discovered to contain a stack overflow in the Ndisasm component

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th 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 2.16
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41420?: CVE-2022-41420 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-41420?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.