Vulnerability in NationalSecurityAgency ghidra

[ Description ]Official 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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
• github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.2_build/Ghidra/Framework/DB/src…
• github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.2_build/Ghidra/Framework/DB/src…
• github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-q538-hhhf-5jxp
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-through-12.2-denial-of-service-via-binaryfield-memo…