CVE-2019-16941

CRITICAL

NSA Ghidra <9.0.4 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4, when experimental mode is enabled, allows arbitrary code execution if the Read XML Files feature of Bit Patterns Explorer is used with a modified XML document. This occurs in Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java. An attack could start with an XML document that was originally created by DumpFunctionPatternInfoScript but then directly modified by an attacker (for example, to make a java.lang.Runtime.exec call).

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP 4 stars
by purpleracc00n · poc
https://github.com/purpleracc00n/CVE-2019-16941

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.2286
EPSS Percentile 95.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-91
Status published
Products (1)
nsa/ghidra < 9.0.4
Published Sep 28, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026