CVE-2026-54389 PUBLISHED

Ghidra < 12.1.3 PDB Parser Uncontrolled Heap Growth DoS via AbstractPdb

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 12.06.2026 Published: 20.08.2026 Updated: 21.08.2026

Ghidra before 12.1.3 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the PDB parser that allows attackers to terminate the Ghidra process by supplying a crafted PDB file with an oversized parameters section. The AbstractPdb deserialization routine reads all remaining parameters into an unbounded list, causing uncontrolled heap growth that triggers an OutOfMemoryError which bypasses exception handling and crashes the application.

Metrics

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 6.7

Product Status

Vendor NationalSecurityAgency
Product ghidra
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 12.1.3 (excl.)

Credits

  • kwenma (@nyst) finder

References

Problem Types

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE