Red Hat Security Advisory: capstone security update
A low severity security vulnerability (CVE-2025-68114) was identified in the Capstone disassembly framework used for binary analysis and reversing. The issue involves memory corruption caused by an unchecked vsnprintf return value. Red Hat has released an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants to address this vulnerability. The advisory rates the impact as low and provides updated packages to remediate the issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-68114 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Capstone disassembly framework resulting from an unchecked return value of the vsnprintf function. This flaw could potentially lead to memory corruption during disassembly operations. Red Hat Product Security has issued an advisory (RHSA-2026:39309) and released updated Capstone packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions to fix this issue. The vulnerability is rated as low severity by Red Hat. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could cause memory corruption in applications using the Capstone framework, which may affect the stability or security of those applications. However, Red Hat rates the security impact as low, indicating limited risk or difficulty in exploitation. No active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Capstone packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the available updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:39309 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: capstone security update
Description
A low severity security vulnerability (CVE-2025-68114) was identified in the Capstone disassembly framework used for binary analysis and reversing. The issue involves memory corruption caused by an unchecked vsnprintf return value. Red Hat has released an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants to address this vulnerability. The advisory rates the impact as low and provides updated packages to remediate the issue.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-68114 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Capstone disassembly framework resulting from an unchecked return value of the vsnprintf function. This flaw could potentially lead to memory corruption during disassembly operations. Red Hat Product Security has issued an advisory (RHSA-2026:39309) and released updated Capstone packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions to fix this issue. The vulnerability is rated as low severity by Red Hat. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could cause memory corruption in applications using the Capstone framework, which may affect the stability or security of those applications. However, Red Hat rates the security impact as low, indicating limited risk or difficulty in exploitation. No active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Capstone packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the available updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:39309 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:39309
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a885f1bacd9273b493f7950
Added to database: 08/21/2026, 14:22:19 UTC
Last enriched: 08/21/2026, 14:29:23 UTC
Last updated: 08/22/2026, 00:18:19 UTC
Views: 6
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