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CVE-2018-8883

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FAUCET Score

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.

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
30.7%
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 70th 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 (4)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-8883Low

nasm: Buffer over-read in parse_line function in asm/parser.c

Oct 22, 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