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GHSA-WJRW-M667-4G2C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-12 21:31 – Updated: 2025-12-12 21:31

Details

A vulnerability was detected in ggml-org whisper.cpp up to 1.8.2. Affected is the function read_audio_data of the file /whisper.cpp/examples/common-whisper.cpp. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

1.9 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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CVE-2025-14569 (GCVE-0-2025-14569)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-12 18:02 – Updated: 2025-12-12 19:22

Title

ggml-org whisper.cpp common-whisper.cpp read_audio_data use after free

Summary

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

CWE

CWE-416 - Use After Free
CWE-119 - Memory Corruption

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

Tags

	https://vuldb.com/?id.336193	vdb-entrytechnical-description
	https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.336193	signaturepermissions-required
	https://vuldb.com/?submit.703886	third-party-advisory
	https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3501	issue-tracking
	https://github.com/oneafter/InvalidFree/blob/main/repro	exploit

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ggml-org	whisper.cpp	Affected: 1.8.0 Affected: 1.8.1 Affected: 1.8.2

Credits

repro Oneafter (VulDB User)

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GHSA-WJRW-M667-4G2C

CVE-2025-14569 (GCVE-0-2025-14569)

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