CVE-2026-49282

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

State
Published
Severity
5.1 Medium
Published
Aug 14, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
May 28, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
capstonecapstone-engine
  • < 6.0.0-Alpha9Affected

References

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