Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24242
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-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 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ memory.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nasm | 2.15.04-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24242 |
| Debian:13 | nasm | 2.15.04-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24242 |
| Debian:14 | nasm | 2.15.04-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24242 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392708 x_refsource_MISC