๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-49282

MEDIUM 5.1

Capstone M68K and RISCV `cs_insn_name()` invalid IDs can trigger out-of-bounds reads and process crashes

CVSS Score
5.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Capstone is a disassembly framework. Prior to version 6.0.0-Alpha9, Capstone's public `cs_insn_name()` API forwards caller-supplied instruction IDs directly to the selected architecture backend. Most backends validate the ID before indexing instruction-name tables, but the M68K and RISCV backends have missing or incomplete bounds checks. On a Capstone handle opened for M68K or RISCV, a caller-controlled invalid instruction ID can trigger an out-of-bounds read and crash the process. The demonstrated impact is availability loss in applications or bindings that expose instruction-name lookup to untrusted IDs. No code execution or data disclosure was demonstrated. Version 6.0.0-Alpha9 patches the issue.

CWE CWE-125 CWE-129 CWE-191
Vendor capstone-engine
Product capstone
Published Aug 14, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

capstone-engine / capstone
< 6.0.0-Alpha9

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/security/advisories/GHSA-jrw4-wj52-2vw8 github.com: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/blob/251c5bb4bc9bb92973e738ae3c5f4ef86f103356/ChangeLog#L102