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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-44370 · published 29 March 2023

CVE-2022-44370: Nasm netwide assembler out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Nasm · Netwide Assembler

NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake() asm/nasm.c:856

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.45% · top 63.8% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.45%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake() asm/nasm.c:856

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392815 ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-09
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392815 ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-09

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-44370), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.