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CVE-2018-19213

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19213 describes memory leak vulnerabilities in Netwide Assembler (NASM) up to version 2.14rc16, specifically within the nasm_malloc function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with the primary impact being denial of service due to resource exhaustion. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:12.14:rc16:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 58th 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 (4)

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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nasm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19213Low

nasm: memory leaks in nasm_malloc in nasmlib/malloc.c

Oct 29, 2018

References

bugzilla.nasm.us / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory