CVE-2019-6291

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.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392549 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2019-01-15 00:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44


NVD link : CVE-2019-6291

Mitre link : CVE-2019-6291

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-6291


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Products Affected

nasm

  • netwide_assembler
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion