| Name | CVE-2019-6291 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in the function expr6 in eval.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14.02. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the expr6 function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving lots of '!' or '+' or '-' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted asm file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nasm (PTS) | jessie | 2.11.05-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.12.01-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.14-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.15.05-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 2.16.01-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nasm | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| nasm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392549
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact