CVE-2026-49282

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
capstone-enginecapstone< 6.0.0-Alpha9affected

Weaknesses

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

References