Back
CVE-2008-2719
Off-by-one error in the ppscan function (preproc.c) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.02 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial…
Medium6.8EPSS 10.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Off-by-one error in the ppscan function (preproc.c) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.02 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.5% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- 29656 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106208&aid=1942146&group_id=6208 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=6208&release_id=606115 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://repo.or.cz/w/nasm.git?a=commit%3Bh=76ec8e73db16f4cf1453a142d03bcc74d528f72f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30594 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- nasm-ppscan-bo(42995) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32059 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080611 Re: CVE id request: nasm off-by-one (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1811 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-648-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1020259 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080611 CVE id request: nasm off-by-one (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-2719)Record last updated .