Name: CVE-2020-24978: Double Free
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-24978, CWE-415, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.00413

In NASM 2.15.04rc3, there is a double-free vulnerability in pp_tokline asm/preproc.c. This is fixed in commit 8806c3ca007b84accac21dd88b900fb03614ceb7.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade nasm	Jul 30, 2024	Sep 4, 2020
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Sep 4, 2020
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Sep 3, 2020

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CVSS Details

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