CVE-2018-16999

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

1%p62

Published

Sep 13, 2018 (Sep 13, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.

Vendors: nasm
Products: netwide assembler
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.0%)

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