CVE-2026-10298 (GCVE-0-2026-10298)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-01 22:30
Modified
2026-06-02 15:45
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
A security flaw has been discovered in ggml-org whisper.cpp up to 1.8.2. This vulnerability affects the function whisper_model_load of the file ggml/src/ggml.c. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| ggml-org | whisper.cpp |
Version: 1.8.0 Version: 1.8.1 Version: 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ggml-org:whisper.cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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