CVE-2021-45257
Medium
Published: 22 December 2021
Published
22 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0028
51.6th percentile
Risk Priority
11
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2021-45257 is a medium-severity Infinite Loop (CWE-835) vulnerability in Nasm Netwide Assembler. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 48.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-32037
Vulnerability details
An infinite loop vulnerability exists in nasm 2.16rc0 via the gpaste_tokens function.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
nasm
netwide assembler
2.16
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.