CVE-2008-2719

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2719
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-16 23:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOff-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nasm Netwide Assembler 2.02 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
The Netwide Assembler download | SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
USN-648-1: nasm vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: nasm off-by-one af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Ubuntu update for nasm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE id request: nasm off-by-one af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Public Git Hosting - nasm.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 repo.or.cz
The Netwide Assembler / Bugs / #349 nasm 2.02 triggers stack guard in glibc 2.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:120 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
NASM "ppscan()" Off-By-One Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
NASM 'ppscan()' Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
NASM Stack Overflow in Processing ASM Files Lets Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Public Git Hosting - nasm.git/commit MITRE repo.or.cz
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-07-04Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of NASM as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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