PT-2026-70826 · Nmap · Nmap
CVSS v4.0
6.9
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Nmap versions prior to 8.0
Description
A denial of service issue allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. This malformed packet triggers the
Packet:parse options() function in nselib/packet.lua to allocate objects in an infinite loop, leading to an out-of-memory condition.Recommendations
Update to version 8.0 or later.
Exploit
Fix
Infinite Loop
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Nmap