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CVE-2017-17815

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17815 describes an illegal address access vulnerability in Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc0, specifically within the is_mmacro() function in asm/preproc.c. This flaw, caused by a missing check for parameter count relationships, can lead to a remote denial of service (DoS) attack. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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 5,765 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-2017-17815Low

nasm: Illegal address access in is_mmacro function in asm/preproc.c

Dec 21, 2017

References

repo.or.cz / nasm.git/commit/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.nasm.us / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3694-1
Third Party Advisory