CVE-2023-38668

Summary

CVE-2023-38668 is a stack-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting disasm in nasm 2.16. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service by writing past the intended buffer boundary, resulting in a crash of the affected system. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited through maliciously crafted input, posing a risk to systems using the affected version of nasm. It is recommended that users update to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate this issue.

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