CVE-2017-6952

high
Published 2022-05-17 · Modified 2024-11-21
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Integer overflow in the cs_winkernel_malloc function in winkernel_mm.c in Capstone 3.0.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow in a kernel driver) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6952

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/commit/6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIcapstone<3.0.5rc23.0.5rc2
python PyPIcapstone<6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403||<3.0.5rc26fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
capstone-enginecapstone{"endIncluding":"3.0.4"}

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.