ubuntu · CVE-2017-6952

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Priority: medium Published: 2017-03-16 21:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:36:44 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2017-6952 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (capstone), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): DNE 2, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1.

Description:

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.

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