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CVE-2017-6952

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

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.

Affected products

• capstone-engine capstone: through 3.0.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97323
• https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/commit/6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97323
• https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/commit/6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403

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