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Red Hat: CVE-2020-18780: nasm: use-after-free in new_Token() in asm/preproc.c

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2020-18780: nasm: use-after-free in new_Token() in asm/preproc.c
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2020, 18780, nasm, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 5

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Aug 22, 2023

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 10, 2025

Description

A Use After Free vulnerability in function new_Token in asm/preproc.c in nasm 2.14.02 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted nasm command.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2020-18780

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