CVE-2026-115394
CVE-2026-115394 · Ghidra through 12.2 Denial of Service via BinaryField Memory Allocation
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Ghidra through 12.2 contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in BinaryField.read() that allows attackers to exhaust heap memory via an unchecked 32-bit length field. Attackers can persuade users to import a crafted GZF packed database file, triggering an OutOfMemoryError in PackedDatabase.open() that aborts the import and denies service.
CVSS 6.8 · Medium · EPSS 0.1%
- Published
- Updated
Affected products and versions
ghidra
- Versions
- ≥ 0, ≤ 12.2: Affected (custom)
No fix published
Original sources
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-q538-hhhf-5jxp
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.2_build/Ghidra/Framework/DB/src/main/java/db/BinaryField.java#L105-L113
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.2_build/Ghidra/Framework/DB/src/main/java/db/buffers/DataBuffer.java#L170-L174
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-through-12.2-denial-of-service-via-binaryfield-memory-allocation
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115394