NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting whisper-cpp package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-WHISPERCPP-17295094
  • published11 Jun 2026
  • disclosed2 Jun 2026
  • creditm00dy

Introduced: 2 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-10298  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for whisper-cpp.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the whisper_model_load() function of ggml.c. An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering a null pointer dereference through local access.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1