CVE-2026-6068CVE-2026-6068
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- certcc
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- May 20, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
NASM NASM nasm:nasm (from the name) | nasm-3.02rc5 | CNA record |
nasm netwide_assembler nasm:netwide_assembler | 3.02 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222exploit, issue-tracking
- https://sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068exploit, third-party-advisory
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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