CVE-2025-8844 | NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0 preproc.c parse_smacro_template null pointer dereference (Bug 3392936)

A vulnerability has been found in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function parse_smacro_template of the file preproc.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-8844. Attacking locally is a requirement. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.