Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-18974
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in the nasm package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow in Netwide Assembler (NASM) v2.15.xx allows attackers to cause a denial of service via 'crc64i' in the component 'nasmlib/crc64'. This issue is different than CVE-2019-7147.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18974 |
| Debian:13 | nasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18974 |
| Debian:14 | nasm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18974 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | nasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18974 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | nasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18974 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | nasm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18974 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392568 x_refsource_MISC