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CVE-2026-6068
NASM contains a heap use after free vulnerability in response file (-@) processing where a dangling pointer to freed memory is stored in the global depend_file and later dereferenced, as the response-file buffer is freed before the pointer is used, allowing for data corruption or remote code execution.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"NASM","vendor":"NASM","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"nasm-3.02rc5"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6969794f9562289d09c2478710787506c535310394db7dea2585b5f5bd814812 · sha256:5e2daf1f03a9e6f5… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"description":"CWE-416: Use After Free","lang":"en"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6969794f9562289d09c2478710787506c535310394db7dea2585b5f5bd814812 · sha256:5e2daf1f03a9e6f5… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6969794f9562289d09c2478710787506c535310394db7dea2585b5f5bd814812 · sha256:5e2daf1f03a9e6f5… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6969794f9562289d09c2478710787506c535310394db7dea2585b5f5bd814812 · sha256:5e2daf1f03a9e6f5… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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