nasm: Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm/disasm.c:disasm() can allow attackers to cause a denial of service
Published Apr 21, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.39%
Description
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the disasm function of the disasm/disasm.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.13
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
nasm
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
nasm
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
nasm
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
nasm
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | nasm | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | nasm | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | nasm | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | nasm | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01388) | 71.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.44% (0.01437) | 69.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 49.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00625) | 79.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 6, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00625) | 78.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 76.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 74.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 71.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 69.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00309) | 65.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 31.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10254 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1570495 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10254
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nasm/bugs/561/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10254
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10254 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1570495 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10254 | ||
| https://sourceforge.net/p/nasm/bugs/561/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10254 |
Change history (0)
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