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CVE-2026-52757: Ghidra before 12.1 contains a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the decompiler's HighVariable::merge() function...

MEDIUM CVSS 5.5

Published: June 10, 2026 | Last Modified: June 10, 2026

Description

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.

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