What is CVE-2017-6952?

CVE-2017-6952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Capstone-engine Capstone, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-6952?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6952 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Integer overflow in Capstone-engine Capstone

CVE-2017-6952

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 vi…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (66.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Capstone-engine Capstone
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6952?: CVE-2017-6952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Capstone-engine Capstone, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-6952?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6952 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.