Ghidra < 11.2 - Use After Free in Sleigh Backend via Static Initialization Order
CVE-2024-58350

2.1LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Nationalsecurityagency

Status
Ghidra
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 June 2026

What is CVE-2024-58350?

Ghidra before 11.2 contains a use after free vulnerability in the Sleigh backend caused by undefined static initialization order of the SleighArchitecture::translators and XmlArchitectureCapability singletons. Attackers can trigger an infinite loop or denial of service during shutdown by exploiting the unsafe destruction order that causes iteration over deallocated memory.

Affected Version(s)

ghidra 0 < 11.2

ghidra 11.2

References

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security...
vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-use-after-fre...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
2.1
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
Physical
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bill Bierman (@wbierman)
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