CVE-2022-29654 — Buffer overflow vulnerability in quote_for_pmake in asm/nasm

Buffer overflow vulnerability in quote_for_pmake in asm/nasm.c in nasm before 2.15.05 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted file.

01What is this vulnerability?

Buffer overflow vulnerability in quote_for_pmake in asm/nasm.c in nasm before 2.15.05 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-03T14:36:33.687Z

09References

• www.nasm.us — https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.15.05/
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/naihsin/b96e2c5c2c81621b46557fd7aacd165f
• gcc.gnu.org — https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Instrumentation-Options.html