#VU36432 Input validation error in Netwide Assembler - CVE-2018-19213

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36432

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19213

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Netwide Assembler
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor: Netwide Assembler

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14rc16 has memory leaks that may lead to DoS, related to nasm_malloc in nasmlib/malloc.c.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Netwide Assembler: 12.14

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External links
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392524

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.