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capstone — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68114

Capstone is a disassembly framework. In versions 6.0.0-Alpha5 and prior, an unchecked vsnprintf return in SStream_concat lets a malicious cs_opt_mem.vsnprintf drive SStream’s index negative or past the end, leading to a stack buffer underflow/overflow when the next write occurs. Commit 2c7797182a1618be12017d7d41e0b6581d5d529e fixes the issue.

Products
capstone
Affected versions
4.0.2-5, 4.0.2-5.1, 5.0-1~exp1, 5.0.1-1~exp1, 5.0.3-1, 5.0.5-1, 5.0.6-1, 5.0.7-1, 5.0.7-1~deb13u1, 5.0.7-2, 5.0.9-1
Fixed versions
5.0.7-1, 5.0.7-1~deb13u1
CVEs
CVE-2025-68114
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 11:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68114

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2025, 22:16 UTC

Capstone is a disassembly framework. In versions 6.0.0-Alpha5 and prior, an unchecked vsnprintf return in SStream_concat lets a malicious cs_opt_mem.vsnprintf drive SStream’s index negative or past the end, leading to a stack buffer underflow/overflow when the next write occurs. Commit 2c7797182a1618be12017d7d41e0b6581d5d529e fixes the issue.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68114

capstone

Fixed versions: Not specified

capstone

Fixed versions: 5.0.7-1~deb13u1

capstone

Fixed versions: 5.0.7-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68114",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Capstone is a disassembly framework. In versions 6.0.0-Alpha5 and prior, an unchecked vsnprintf return in SStream_concat lets a malicious cs_opt_mem.vsnprintf drive SStream’s index negative or past the end, leading to a stack buffer underflow/overflow when the next write occurs. Commit 2c7797182a1618be12017d7d41e0b6581d5d529e fixes the issue.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-14T09:47:40.549465056Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ]
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2025-12-17T22:16:01.4+00:00"
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