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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nationalsecurityagency | ghidra | < 12.0.3 | 12.0.3 |
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-m94m-fqr3-x442) vendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-out-of-memory-in-rust-symbol-demangler-via-malformed-symbol third-party-advisory