A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in NASM Netwide Assembler 3.02rc5 . Affected is the function disasm . Performing a manipulation results in stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-6069 . The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.
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VDB-356818 · CVE-2026-6069 · GCVE-0-2026-6069
NASM NETWIDE ASSEMBLER 3.02RC5 DISASM STACK-BASED OVERFLOW
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CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score
5.3 $0-$5k 2.13+
Summaryinfo
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in NASM Netwide Assembler 3.02rc5. Affected by this vulnerability is the function disasm. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-6069. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability has been found in NASM Netwide Assembler 3.02rc5 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function disasm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
NASM’s disasm() function contains a stack based buffer overflow when formatting disassembly output, allowing an attacker triggered out-of-bounds write when `slen` exceeds the buffer capacity.
The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-6069 since 04/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/10/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Productinfo
Type
Programming Tool Software
Vendor
NASM
Name
Netwide Assembler
Version
3.02rc5
License
open-source
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CVSSv3info
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo
Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo
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Countermeasuresinfo
Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo
04/10/2026 Advisory disclosed
04/10/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-6069 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-6069
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356818
Entryinfo
Created: 04/10/2026 15:54
Changes: 04/10/2026 15:54 (54)
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Cache ID: 99:E88:101
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