CVE-2025-8843
Description
A vulnerability was found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This affects the function macho_no_dead_strip of the file outmacho.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Predictions
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=3392934
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRHWdjW6FGHDV0CMJe8VinmCQ4vP9ZpR/view?usp=drive_link
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319377
- https://vuldb.com/?id.319377
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.623185
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.623186
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8843.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8843
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-122 CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.