CVE-2026-6068
criticalpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.5–9.6
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affected products (3)
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222cnnvd
- https://sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068cnnvd
- https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222enisa_euvd
- https://sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222ExploitIssue Trackingnvd
- https://sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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