USN-8248-1: NASM vulnerabilities

Publication date

7 May 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in NASM.


Packages

  • nasm - Netwide Assembler

Details

Daisy Chen discovered that NASM was vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow
when handling certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause NASM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31722)

It was discovered that NASM incorrectly handled memory allocation.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NASM to use
excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-33452, CVE-2021-33450)

Daisy Chen discovered that NASM was vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow
when handling certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause NASM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31722)

It was discovered that NASM incorrectly handled memory allocation.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NASM to use
excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-33452, CVE-2021-33450)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 LTS noble nasm –  2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy nasm –  2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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