A vulnerability was determined in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This vulnerability affects the function parse_smacro_template of the file preproc.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

An update of the nasm package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A vulnerability was determined in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This vulnerability affects the function     parse_smacro_template of the file preproc.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking     locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. (CVE-2025-8844)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
333993	Photon OS 5.0: Nasm PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0925	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	medium
329324	Photon OS 5.0: Nasm PHSA-2026-5.0-0925	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	medium
259923	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-8844	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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