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CVE-2016-7151

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7151 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Capstone 3.0.4, specifically within the X86_insn_reg_intel function in arch/X86/X86Mapping.c. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction for exploitation and could lead to a denial of service (application crash) due to a segmentation fault. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:capstone-engine:capstone:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 5,757 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: capstoneFixed in: 4.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-xx4j-rvcc-2vhrmedium

Capstone SEGV caused by a read memory access

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / aquynh/capstone/commit/87a25bb543c8e4c09b48d4b4a6c7db31ce58df06
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / aquynh/capstone/pull/725
ExploitThird Party Advisory