Description
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Permissions Required, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.336193
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.336193
Permissions Required, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.703886
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3501
Various Sources exploit
https://github.com/oneafter/InvalidFree/blob/main/repro
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
1.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (3)
ggml-org/whisper.cpp
1.8.0
ggml-org/whisper.cpp
1.8.1
ggml-org/whisper.cpp
1.8.2
Published
Dec 12, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026