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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-54389 EUVD-2026-63746

Ghidra < 12.1.3 PDB Parser Uncontrolled Heap Growth DoS via AbstractPdb

Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
NationalSecurityAgency ghidra < 12.1.3 12.1.3

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