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CVE-2018-8882

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8882 describes a stack-based buffer under-read vulnerability in Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.13.02rc2, specifically within the ieee_shr function in asm/float.c, triggered by a large shift value. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 58/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.13.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.13.02:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed 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 8Fixed in: nasm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-8882Low

nasm: Stack buffer underflow in function ieee_shr at source file asm/float.c

Oct 18, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html
bugzilla.nasm.us / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory