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CVE-2017-11111 json

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and applica…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-2748

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

  • nasm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.13.02-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11111

  • nasm Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.10.09-1ubuntu0.1
  • nasm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11111

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • nasm SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 2.10.09-4.5.1
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.21-29.6.1
  • firefox-cairo SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.15.10-2.13.4
  • firefox-glib2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.54.3-2.14.7
  • firefox-pango SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.40.14-2.7.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2017:2044-1

  • nasm openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.15.05-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11075-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-11111 updated cvss 3.3

nasm: Heap buffer overflow in the preproc.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 nasm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 nasm, nasm-rdoff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nasm, nasm-rdoff
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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