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.

CVSS v3 9.6 CRITICAL

9.6^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:3.02:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-10 14:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 11:00

NVD link : CVE-2026-6068

Mitre link : CVE-2026-6068

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-6068

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Products Affected

nasm

netwide_assembler

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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