CVE-2026-52753

Ghidra < 12.0.3 - Out-of-Memory in Rust Symbol Demangler via Malformed Symbol

Published Jun 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Ghidra before 12.0.3 contains an out-of-memory vulnerability in the rust_demangle function that allocates unbounded output buffers without size limits. Attackers can craft malicious Rust symbol names in binaries to trigger exponential memory allocation, causing process crashes during binary analysis.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Ghidra before 12.0.3 contains an out-of-memory vulnerability in the rust_demangle function that allocates unbounded output buffers without size limits. Attackers can craft malicious Rust symbol names in binaries to trigger exponential memory allocation, causing process crashes during binary analysis.
Title Ghidra < 12.0.3 - Out-of-Memory in Rust Symbol Demangler via Malformed Symbol
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': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 9:33 PM
Reserved
Jun 8, 2026, 3:20 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 10, 2026, 2:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 11:10 AM