ubuntu-cve-2025-8846
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-08-11 13:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:16
Summary
Details

A vulnerability has been found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. Affected is the function parse_line of the file parser.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.9 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "local machine access is needed"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "nasm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.11.06-1really2.11.05-1",
        "2.11.08-1",
        "2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.13.02-0.1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "local machine access is needed"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "nasm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.13.02-0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.13.01-2",
        "2.13.02-0.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.14.02-1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "local machine access is needed"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "nasm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.14.02-1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.14.02-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "local machine access is needed"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "nasm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.15.05-1",
        "2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
        "2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "local machine access is needed"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "nasm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.16.01-1",
        "2.16.01-1build1",
        "2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
        "2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.16.03-1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "local machine access is needed"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "nasm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@2.16.03-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.16.03-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "3.01-1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "local machine access is needed"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "nasm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm@3.01-1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.16.03-1",
        "3.01-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A vulnerability has been found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. Affected is the function parse_line of the file parser.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8846",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:16:00Z",
  "published": "2025-08-11T13:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8846"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8846"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392938"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MQGtdnz58vRF2fAeJMJ4VGiBQWXpnqfy/view?usp=drive_link"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319380"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.319380"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.623189"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-8846"
  ]
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.