nasm: off-by-one error in the ppscan function
Published Jun 16, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.47%
Description
Off-by-one error in the ppscan function (preproc.c) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.02 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.02
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of NASM as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.47% (0.10471) | 95.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.47% (0.10471) | 95.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.79% (0.02786) | 84.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.59% (0.09595) | 88.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.79% (0.02786) | 85.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.47% (0.01475) | 87.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.42% (0.01423) | 85.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.36% (0.01362) | 84.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00645) | 76.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.46% (0.08456) | 93.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.46% (0.08456) | 93.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.46% (0.08456) | 82.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://repo.or.cz/w/nasm.git?a=commit%3Bh=76ec8e73db16f4cf1453a142d03bcc74d528f72f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30594 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32059 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:120 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29656 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020259 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-648-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1811 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2719 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451995 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42995 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2719
- https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=6208&release_id=606115 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106208&aid=1942146&group_id=6208 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2719
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