CVE-2017-6952

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6952

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6952.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6952

Aliases

Published

2017-03-16T21:59:00Z

Modified

2026-07-08T12:28:14Z

Severity

8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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 via a large value.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/capstone-engine/capstone

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone

Events

Introduced

Last Affected

e710e4fcf40302c25d7bdc28da93571a61f21f5d

Fixed

6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403

Database specific

Show details

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            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
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        }
    ],
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        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*

1.0

2.*

2.0

2.0-rc1

2.1

2.1.1

2.1.2

3.*

3.0

3.0.1

3.0.1-rc1

3.0.1-rc2

3.0.2

3.0.4

3.0.5-rc1

3.0.5-rc2

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6952.json"

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vanir_signatures_modified

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