UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6068
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-6068
Published
2026-04-10T14:16:00Z
Modified
2026-05-27T19:15:37.917135026Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 9.6 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

NASM contains a heap use after free vulnerability in response file (-@) processing where a dangling pointer to freed memory is stored in the global depend_file and later dereferenced, as the response-file buffer is freed before the pointer is used, allowing for data corruption or remote code execution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.11.06-1really2.11.05-1
2.11.08-1
2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.13.01-2
2.13.02-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.13.02-0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.14.02-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.14.02-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.16.03-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.16.03-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.16.03-1
3.*
3.01-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "3.01-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.15.05-1
2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.15.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
nasm

Package

Name
nasm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nasm?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.16.01-1
2.16.01-1build1
2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nasm",
            "binary_version": "2.16.01-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6068.json"