CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Netwide Assembler up to 2.14.02 (Programming Tool Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file eval.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
An infinite recursion issue was discovered in eval.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14.02. There is a stack exhaustion problem resulting from infinite recursion in the functions expr, rexp, bexpr and cexpr in certain scenarios involving lots of '{' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted asm file.
The bug was discovered 01/02/2019. The weakness was presented 01/15/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.nasm.us. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-6290 since 01/14/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 129164 for similar entry.
Product
Type
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 5.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/02/2019 🔍01/14/2019 🔍
01/14/2019 🔍
01/15/2019 🔍
01/15/2019 🔍
04/29/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: bugzilla.nasm.usStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-6290 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 01/15/2019 10:27Updated: 04/29/2020 14:49
Changes: 01/15/2019 10:27 (57), 04/29/2020 14:49 (1)
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