CVE-2017-17811
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.19%
Description
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to a strcpy in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c, a similar issue to CVE-2017-11111.
How to fix CVE-2017-17811
To remediate CVE-2017-17811, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/nasm—upgrade to 2.13.02-0.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-17811 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.13.02-0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |