Medium severity · published May 15, 2019
CVE-2016-7151
Capstone 3.0.4 has an out-of-bounds vulnerability (SEGV caused by a read memory access) in X86_insn_reg_intel in arch/X86/X86Mapping.c
5.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Capstone 3.0.4 has an out-of-bounds vulnerability (SEGV caused by a read memory access) in X86_insn_reg_intel in arch/X86/X86Mapping.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Capstone · Capstone-engine
3.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7151
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7151
Patch
https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/commit/87a25bb543c8e4c09b48d4b4a6c7db31ce58df06
Exploit
https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/pull/725
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