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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2021-45256

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability existfs in nasm 2.16rc0 via asm/preproc.c.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published