SB2024091970 - Use-after-free in Ghidra



SB2024091970 - Use-after-free in Ghidra

Published: September 19, 2024 Updated: April 25, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2024091970
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in SleighArchitecture::shutdown in the Sleigh decompiler backend when destroying global singletons in an undefined order during shutdown. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerable shutdown sequence to cause a denial of service.

This issue occurs during shutdown and was observed to cause an infinite loop by iterating over garbage data.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.