CVE-2026-52757 — Ghidra < 12.1 - Heap-use-after-free in HighVariable::merge() during decompilation
Ghidra before 12.1 contains a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the decompiler's HighVariable::merge() function during the variable merging pass. Attackers can trigger this v…
Published: 2026-06-10 · CVSS: 4.6 · CVSS 4.0
Ghidra before 12.1 contains a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the decompiler's HighVariable::merge() function during the variable merging pass. Attackers can trigger this vulnerability by crafting a binary that causes stale pointers in the HighIntersectTest::highedgemap cache to be dereferenced, reading and writing the flags field of freed heap memory when a user opens the binary in Ghidra's decompiler view.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7