>> NASM Listing Module Data Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : NASM Listing Module Data Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1939 CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-06-27
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in NASM, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the listing module when processing malformed files, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into assembling a specially crafted file.
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