CVE-2025-8842

Public on 2025-08-11

Modified on 2025-08-14

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

4.4

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Status
Amazon Linux 1	nasm	No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	nasm	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023	nasm	Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2025-8842 Mitre: CVE-2025-8842