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SCA: security update for capstone (GHSA-3v99-hpv7-9hh9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434865

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2017-6952)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3v99-hpv7-9hh9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434865

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6952

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6952

BID: 97323

cwe: CWE-190