CVE-2020-24242: Medium severity netwide assembler (nasm) vulnerability

Published Aug 25, 2020
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Updated

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in toktext in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ memory.

Affected Software

1 affected component
nasm Netwide Assembler=2.15-rc10

Event History

Aug 25, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:54 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:54 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-24242?

CVE-2020-24242 is a vulnerability in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10 that can trigger a segmentation fault (SEGV) in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing read memory.

2

How severe is CVE-2020-24242?

CVE-2020-24242 has a severity score of 5.5, which is considered medium severity.

3

How can CVE-2020-24242 be triggered?

CVE-2020-24242 can be triggered by accessing read memory in tok_text in asm/preproc.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10.

4

What software is affected by CVE-2020-24242?

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10 is affected by CVE-2020-24242.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-24242?

More information about CVE-2020-24242 can be found at https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392708.

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