CVE-2026-113604

MEDIUM 5.5

Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts

CVSS Score

5.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the ELF loader's ElfHeader class that allocates arrays sized by unvalidated extended section and program header counts. Attackers can supply a crafted 128-byte ELF file that triggers an OutOfMemoryError during load-spec discovery at import or in headless analysis pipelines.

CWE	CWE-789
Vendor	nationalsecurityagency
Product	ghidra
Published	Oct 20, 2026
Last Updated	Oct 20, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

NationalSecurityAgency / ghidra

10.2 ≤ 12.1.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/6c50a66e8a939e2bcbaf0a6432ec5d53a41ceeb3 github.com: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.1.4_build/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/elf/ElfHeader.java vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-10.2-through-12.1.4-denial-of-service-via-elf-loader-extended-header-counts

Credits

Asif Nadaf