#1133376 nasm: CVE-2026-6068

Package:
src:nasm
Source:
src:nasm
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-06-29 17:37:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1133376#5
Date:
2026-04-12 15:20:41 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for nasm.

CVE-2026-6068[0]:
| 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 unexpected behavior.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-6068
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6068
[1] https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/issues/222

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore