UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24978

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24978
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24978.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24978
Upstream
Published
2020-09-04T00:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:41Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In NASM 2.15.04rc3, there is a double-free vulnerability in pp_tokline asm/preproc.c. This is fixed in commit 8806c3ca007b84accac21dd88b900fb03614ceb7.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.11.06-1really2.11.05-1
2.11.08-1
2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24978.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.13.02-0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.13.01-2
2.13.02-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.13.02-0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24978.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.14.02-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.14.02-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.14.02-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24978.json"