CVE-2017-17816 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc0, specifically within the pp_getline function in asm/preproc.c. This flaw can be triggered remotely, leading to a denial of service attack on affected systems, including Canonical Ubuntu Linux and NASM Netwide Assembler. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no privileges required (PR:N), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low level of public attention.
| 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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