SB2023082252 - Denial of service in Nasm
Published: August 22, 2023 Updated: June 10, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023082252
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38665)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the ieee_write_file() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.