CVE-2018-16999 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.14rc15. It involves an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in the expand_smacro function within preproc.c, triggered by a specially crafted input file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:12.14:rc15:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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