VDB-370152 · CVE-2026-52753 · GCVE-0-2026-52753

NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0.2 rust_demangle memory allocation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0.2. It has been declared as problematic. This affects the function rust_demangle. The manipulation results in memory allocation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-52753. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0.2. Affected is the function rust_demangle. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-52753 since 06/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 12.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

NationalSecurityAgency

Name

Ghidra

Version

Website

Product: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory allocation
CWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ghidra 12.0.3

Timelineinfo

06/08/2026 CVE reserved
06/10/2026 +2 days Advisory disclosed
06/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-52753 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-52753
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-370152

Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2026 15:38
Changes: 06/10/2026 15:38 (76)
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