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1 vulnerability found for by Flatassembler
CVE-2017-20228 (GCVE-0-2017-20228)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-28 12:00
Modified
2026-03-30 17:22
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Summary
Flat Assembler 1.71.21 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying oversized input to the application. Attackers can craft malicious assembly input exceeding 5895 bytes to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute return-oriented programming chains for shell command execution.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Flatassembler | Flat Assembler |
Version: 1.71.21 |
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