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.
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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-06-10T12:40:22.903Z

Updated: 2026-06-10T15:14:49.424Z

Reserved: 2026-06-08T15:20:09.274Z

Link: CVE-2026-52753

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T15:14:39.156Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-06-10T14:16:35.470

Modified: 2026-06-10T19:43:28.857

Link: CVE-2026-52753

cve-icon Redhat

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