UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45257

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45257
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45257.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45257
Upstream
Published
2021-12-22T17:15:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T17:21:02.429276Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An infinite loop vulnerability exists in nasm 2.16rc0 via the gpaste_tokens function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.15.05-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.15.05-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.15.05-1",
            "binary_name": "nasm"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45257.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.16.01-1build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.16.01-1
2.16.01-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.16.01-1build1",
            "binary_name": "nasm"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45257.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.16.03-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.16.03-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.16.03-1",
            "binary_name": "nasm"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45257.json"