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SUSE NASM Low Heap Overflow Heap Use After Free Vuln 2026-3178-1

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
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Critical updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities in nasm for SUSE can be installed to enhance system security.
A security update for nasm addresses two vulnerabilities: a heap buffer overflow and a heap use after free, applicable to multiple SUSE products and requiring installation.

Summary

## This update for nasm fixes the following issues * CVE-2026-6067: heap buffer overflow vulnerability due to a lack of bounds checking in the obj_directive() function (bsc#1261986). * CVE-2026-6068: heap use after free vulnerability in response file processing (bsc#1261985). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2026-3178=1 ## Package List: * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * nasm-2.16.03-150700.3.3.1 * nasm-debuginfo-2.16.03-150700.3.3.1 * nasm-debugsource-2.16.03-150700.3.3.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE heap overflow low nasm heap-use-after-free

References

* bsc#1261985

* bsc#1261986

Cross-

* CVE-2026-6067

* CVE-2026-6068

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-6067 ( SUSE ): 4.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-6067 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

* CVE-2026-6067 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-6067 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-6068 ( SUSE ): 4.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-6068 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

* CVE-2026-6068 ( NVD ): 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-6068 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

* Development Tools Module 15-SP7

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3178-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T07:24:33Z
Rating: low

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE heap overflow low nasm heap-use-after-free

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