CVE-2025-8842
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
1.9
VIR risk
7.8
Description
A vulnerability has been found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. Affected by this issue is the function do_directive of the file preproc.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nasm | netwide_assembler | 2.17 | |
References
- https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392933
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vEV1vMHXO4BrDGhvWAMm0Qo1woiUwVV/view?usp=drive_link
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319376
- https://vuldb.com/?id.319376
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.623184
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8842.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8842
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.