UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17817

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17817
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17817.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17817
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Published
2017-12-20T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:33Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_verror in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.10.09-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.09-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.10.07-1
2.10.09-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.10.09-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17817.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.11.06-1really2.11.05-1
2.11.08-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17817.json"