# CVE-2026-118448: Uninitialized output buffer returned after nd\_to\_text failure in pybddisasm

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-115700, GHSA-9W8F-4C2R-VH34
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

CVE-2026-118448 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 6.9 (medium) and affects pybddisasm; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The pybddisasm Python bindings for the bddisasm x86 disassembler are affected, specifically their nd_to_text function. When text conversion fails, the returned output may contain uninitialized memory, which could leak leftover data from the process or crash the Python program.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- pybddisasm (PyPI): through 0.3.0

## Description

A use of uninitialized memory vulnerability in the pybddisasm Python bindings affects nd_to_text. If the underlying text conversion fails, including failures caused by invalid parameters, the output buffer may remain uninitialized while still being converted into a Python return value. This may disclose residual process memory or cause the Python process to crash. Exploitation requires an application to invoke nd_to_text in a way that causes conversion to fail and to return or otherwise use the resulting output. The pybddisasm package is no longer maintained.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pybddisasm, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-118448 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118448

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118448?

pybddisasm (PyPI): through 0.3.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118448

## Related

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## References

- https://pypi.org/project/pybddisasm/

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