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CVE-2017-17812

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17812 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the detoken() function within Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc0, affecting various Canonical and NASM products. This flaw carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, but can lead to a remote denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nasm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: nasm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: nasm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-17812Low

nasm: Heap-based buffer over-read in detoken function in asm/preproc.c

Dec 21, 2017

References

repo.or.cz / nasm.git/commit/9b7ee09abfd426b99aa1ea81d19a3b2818eeabf9
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.nasm.us / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3694-1
Third Party Advisory