CVE-2024-21802 (GCVE-0-2024-21802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-26 16:07 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:23
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Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GGUF library info->ne 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.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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llama.cpp llama.cpp Affected: Commit 18c2e17
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Credits
Discovered by Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos.
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