medium6.5
CVE-2026-72712
Nmap versions up to and including 7.99 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted pa…
Impact
Nmap versions up to and including 7.99 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. The malformed packet forces the Packet:parse_options() function in nselib/packet.lua to allocate objects in an infinite loop, causing an out-of-memory condition that results in application crash.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Nmap | through 7.99 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.