Medium severity · published Jun 10, 2026
CVE-2026-52753
Ghidra < 12.0.3 - Out-of-Memory in Rust Symbol Demangler via Malformed Symbol
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
ghidra · nationalsecurityagency
before 12.0.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52753
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52753
Exploit
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-m94m-fqr3-x442
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-out-of-memory-in-rust-symbol-demangler-via-malformed-symbol
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