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    CVE-2008-2719

    Off-by-one error in the ppscan function (preproc.c) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.02 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

    Published:Apr 14, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jun 16, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.02934
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nasm
    Product
    Netwide Assembler

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31903

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-193 Off-by-one Error

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-6068 (CVSS 9.6) — NASM contains a heap use after free vulnerability in response file (-@) processing where a dangling pointer to…
    CVE-2026-6067 (CVSS 5.5) — A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Netwide Assembler (NASM) due to a lack of bounds checking i…
    CVE-2025-8846 (CVSS 1.9) — A vulnerability has been found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. Affected is the function parse_line of the fi…
    CVE-2025-8845 (CVSS 1.9) — A vulnerability was identified in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This issue affects the function assemble_file…
    CVE-2025-8844 (CVSS 1.9) — A vulnerability was determined in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This vulnerability affects the function parse…
    CVE-2025-8843 (CVSS 1.9) — A vulnerability was found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This affects the function macho_no_dead_strip of t…
    CVE-2025-8842 (CVSS 1.9) — A vulnerability has been found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. Affected by this issue is the function do_dir…
    CVE-2023-31722 (CVSS 7.8) — There exists a heap buffer overflow in nasm 2.16.02rc1 (GitHub commit: b952891).…
    CVE-2022-44368 (CVSS 5.5) — NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a null pointer deference in the NASM component…

    References

    http://repo.or.cz/w/nasm.git?a=commit%3Bh=76ec8e73db16f4cf1453a142d03bcc74d528f72f
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30594
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32059
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:120
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/5
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29656
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020259
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-648-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1811
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42995
    https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=6208&release_id=606115
    https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106208&aid=1942146&group_id=6208
    http://repo.or.cz/w/nasm.git?a=commit%3Bh=76ec8e73db16f4cf1453a142d03bcc74d528f72f
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30594
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32059
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:120
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/5
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29656
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020259
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-648-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1811
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42995
    https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=6208&release_id=606115
    https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106208&aid=1942146&group_id=6208

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High