CVE-2026-49263
Capstone WASM `br_table` instruction-size truncation can cause no-progress disassembly and parser desynchronization
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.0 Low
- Published
- Aug 14, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- Reserved
- May 28, 2026
Description
Capstone is a disassembly framework. Prior to version 6.0.0-Alpha9, Capstone's WebAssembly backend accepts attacker-controlled raw WASM instruction bytes through the public `cs_disasm()` and `cs_disasm_iter()` APIs. For a large but well-formed `br_table` instruction, the WASM decoder accumulates the immediate length in a wider local variable but returns it through a `uint16_t` instruction-size path. When the encoded instruction length is exactly 65,536 bytes, the size wraps to zero and `cs_disasm()` can repeatedly decode the same instruction without advancing. For larger lengths, `cs_disasm_iter()` advances into the middle of the `br_table` payload and decodes target bytes as subsequent instructions. This is an availability and parser-integrity issue. Version 6.0.0-Alpha9 patches the issue.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.0 Low | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-197 Numeric Truncation Error
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
capstonecapstone-engine |
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References
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