CVE-2026-115394

Medium

Description

Ghidra through 12.2 contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in BinaryField.read() that allows attackers to exhaust heap memory via an unchecked 32-bit length field. Attackers can persuade users to import a crafted GZF packed database file, triggering an OutOfMemoryError in PackedDatabase.open() that aborts the import and denies service.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

ProductNsa Ghidra

PublishedOct 22, 2026

First seenOct 22, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-789CWE-789

How to fix

Update

nsa ghidra12.2 or later

Patches

github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.2_build/Ghidra/Framework/DB/src/main/java/db/BinaryField.java#L105-L113
github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.2_build/Ghidra/Framework/DB/src/main/java/db/buffers/DataBuffer.java#L170-L174

Vendor advisories

github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-q538-hhhf-5jxp

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
nsa ghidra	v < 12.2	12.2

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