CVE-2018-19209
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in...
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
- Record
CVE-2018-19209- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
- Record
CVE-2018-19209- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-10918 No score
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
- Record
EUVD-2018-10918- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6gcr-47jj-9vwp
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in...
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
- Record
GHSA-6gcr-47jj-9vwp- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
- Record
CVE-2018-19209- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-19209
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19209- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-19209
Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function find_label in asm/labels.c that will lead to a DoS attack.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19209- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
nasmDebian:12 |
before 2.14-1 | 2.14-1 |
nasmDebian:13 |
before 2.14-1 | 2.14-1 |
nasmDebian:14 |
before 2.14-1 | 2.14-1 |
nasmUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.11.06-1really2.11.05-12.11.08-12.11.08-1ubuntu0.1 |
None known |
nasmUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.13.01-22.13.02-0.1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-19209 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Nasm Netwide Assembler, published November 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in nasm 2.14-1.
References
repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commitdiff/e996d28c70d45008085322b442b44a9224308548
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115797
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19209
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6gcr-47jj-9vwp
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19209
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19209
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19209