CVE-2026-72712 — Nmap 7.99 Denial of Service via Zero-Length TCP Option Packet
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 …
Published: 2026-08-11 · CVSS: 6.9 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7