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A vulnerability was found in NASM Netwide Assember 2...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Aug 11, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 15, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A vulnerability was found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This affects the function macho_no_dead_strip of the file outmacho.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 11, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 11, 2025
Last updated Sep 15, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(3rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-8843

GHSA ID

GHSA-fr9x-hqv8-c4hf

Source code

No known source code

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