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CVE-2024-21825

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GGUF library GGUF_TYPE_ARRAY/GGUF_TYPE_STRING parsing functionality of llama.cpp Commit 18c2e17. A specially crafted .gguf file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• ggml-org llama.cpp: before 2024-01-09 — fixed in 2024-01-09

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ggml-org llama.cpp 2024-01-09. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1912
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1912
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1912

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