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CVE-2026-100505: Ghidra 9.2 through 12.1.4 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via StringManager

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-26 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Ghidra versions 9.2 through 12.1.4 contain a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in StringManager::getCodepoint when decoding multi-byte UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32 characters without validating remaining buffer length. Attackers can craft malicious binaries containing strings or constant byte stores that end in multi-byte lead units to trigger out-of-bounds reads that crash the decompiler or leak adjacent heap memory into decompiled output.

Affected products

• nationalsecurityagency ghidra: from 9.2 through 12.1.4

References

• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/8b6bbb857accdfa20dc5b2f5dea471178c2e9fbc/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/stringmanage.cc#L324-L410
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/e37c57f3d9c29511a1860f0a735df53131d403d7
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-11.2-through-12.1.4-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-stringmanager

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