CVE-2026-113604

Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts

Published Oct 20, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the ELF loader's ElfHeader class that allocates arrays sized by unvalidated extended section and program header counts. Attackers can supply a crafted 128-byte ELF file that triggers an OutOfMemoryError during load-spec discovery at import or in headless analysis pipelines.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nationalsecurityagency
Nationalsecurityagency ghidra
Vendors & Products Nationalsecurityagency
Nationalsecurityagency ghidra
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the ELF loader's ElfHeader class that allocates arrays sized by unvalidated extended section and program header counts. Attackers can supply a crafted 128-byte ELF file that triggers an OutOfMemoryError during load-spec discovery at import or in headless analysis pipelines.
Title Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts
First Time appeared Nsa
Nsa ghidra
Weaknesses CWE-789
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nsa
Nsa ghidra
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 20, 2026, 4:19 PM
Reserved
Oct 20, 2026, 11:48 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 20, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Oct 20, 2026, 8:06 PM