CVE catalog
CVE-2025-8842
nasm: CVE-2025-8842
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.24% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nasm | sid | 3.01-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nasm | forky | 3.01-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nasm | trixie | 2.16.03-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nasm | bookworm | 2.16.01-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nasm | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nasm | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nasm | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nasm | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [nasm]Affected
Details (2)
2.16.01-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · nasm · debian · bookworm; dsa · nasm · debian · 12
2.16.01-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · nasm · debian · bookworm; dsa · nasm · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [nasm]Affected
Details (2)
2.16.03-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · nasm · debian · 13
2.16.03-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · nasm · debian · 13
Observed: