Critical severity9.6NVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-6068
CVE-2026-6068
Description
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.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:3.02:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/nasm&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/nasm&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 3.02-160000.1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.02-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.02-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222nvdExploitIssue Tracking
- sekai.team/blog/nasm-cve-disclosure/cve-2026-6068nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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