Published Aug 11, 2025Sources checked Nov 13, 2026
5.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2025-8844 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
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Vendor revision: Sep 28, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.3%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2025-8844?
A vulnerability was determined in NASM Netwide Assember 2.17rc0. This vulnerability affects the function parse_smacro_template of the file preproc.c.
The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement.
The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.