Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ggerganov/llama.cpp package, versions [,b5854)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GGERGANOVLLAMACPP-11343417
  • published31 Jul 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2025
  • creditMiaoqian Lin

Introduced: 10 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-53630  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ggerganov/llama.cpp to version b5854 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the gguf_init_from_file_impl function in the gguf.cpp file. An attacker can cause heap out-of-bounds read or write by providing specially crafted input files.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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