CVE-2018-16517

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-09-06 23:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

46da78ee07900dea1ee1eeb28120429189307f0393aa1b27164e5819025425c6

• bugzilla.nasm.ushttps://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392513x_refsource_MISC
• fakhrizulkifli.github.iohttps://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-16517.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com46726https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46726/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152566/Netwide-Assembler-NASM-2.14rc15-Null-Pointer-Dereference.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0952http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00017.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0954http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE