CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1287

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the error function in preproc.c in NASM 0.98.38 1.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted asm file. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1194.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code on the victim's system if they process a malicious asm file in the vulnerable version of NASM, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update NASM to the latest available version that includes fixes for this vulnerability. Also avoid processing untrusted asm files in vulnerable versions.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the error function in preproc.c for NASM 0.98.38 1.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted asm file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1194.

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