CVE-2026-49263 LOW

CVE-2026-49263: Capstone WASM `br_table` instruction-size truncation can cause no-progress disassembly and parser desynchronization

Vendor Capstone-Engine
Product capstone
Weakness CWE-197
Published August 14, 2026
Last update August 17, 2026

CVSS base score

2.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Capstone is a disassembly framework. Prior to version 6.0.0-Alpha9, Capstone's WebAssembly backend accepts attacker-controlled raw WASM instruction bytes through the public `cs_disasm()` and `cs_disasm_iter()` APIs. For a large but well-formed `br_table` instruction, the WASM decoder accumulates the immediate length in a wider local variable but returns it through a `uint16_t` instruction-size path. When the encoded instruction length is exactly 65,536 bytes, the size wraps to zero and `cs_disasm()` can repeatedly decode the same instruction without advancing. For larger lengths, `cs_disasm_iter()` advances into the middle of the `br_table` payload and decodes target bytes as subsequent instructions. This is an availability and parser-integrity issue. Version 6.0.0-Alpha9 patches the issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 14, 2026 CVE published
August 17, 2026 Record updated