Bug 1214498 (CVE-2023-38668) - VUL-0: CVE-2023-38668: nasm: denial of service via stack-based buffer over-read
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2023-38668: nasm: denial of service via stack-based buffer over-read
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2023-38668
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/376107/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-38668:4.4:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-08-23 07:07 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified: 2024-04-19 08:56 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Bergmann 2023-08-23 07:07:53 UTC 
CVE-2023-38668

Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm in nasm 2.16 allows attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash).

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-38668
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38668
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392811
Comment 1 Alexander Bergmann 2023-08-23 07:46:29 UTC 
Note: Do not trust data from unknown sources. Do not disassemble binaries from unknown sources without a sandbox environment that protects you from possible attacks.

In general: This is not a severe issue. It can only exploited if general security measurements and best practices are not followed.

For now, we will keep this bug open for reference. 

Current status:
- Error is only directly visible via AddressSanitizer.
- No upstream fix available.
Comment 3 Michael Vetter 2023-09-20 08:07:02 UTC 
Please see https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214499#c4
Comment 4 Carlos López 2024-04-19 08:56:48 UTC 
Closing as WONTFIX as discussed above.