CVE-2017-17818

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc0

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer over-read that could lead to a remote denial of service attack. This is connected to a while loop in the paste tokens function located in asm/preproc.c.

Recommendations For Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc0, consider restricting access to the paste tokens function in asm/preproc.c to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.