CVE-2018-16517
mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.045 · 91 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · PoC
Likely / severe?
4.50% (91st) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
asm/labels.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) is prone to NULL Pointer Dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (21)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.htmlcnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null-Pointer-Dereference.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392513cnnvd
- https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-16517.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null-Pointer-Dereference.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/NASM-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-asm-labels-c-32720cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46726cnnvd
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