CVE-2018-8883 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in Netwide Assembler (NASM) version 2.13.02rc2, specifically within the parse_line function in asm/parser.c due to uncontrolled access to nasm_reg_flags. This flaw carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.13.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.13.02:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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