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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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