CVE-2025-8844

A vulnerability was determined in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This vulnerability affects the function parse_smacro_template of the file preproc.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392936
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/10TSdMErFTBtLFIwfh_fia635cmtmFuei/view?usp=drive_link
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319378
• https://vuldb.com/?id.319378
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.623187
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.623196
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.623198
• https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392936
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.623198