NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ml-explore/mlx package, versions [,0.29.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MLEXPLOREMLX-14101438
  • published23 Nov 2025
  • disclosed21 Nov 2025
  • creditMykyta Mudryi, markiyanch

Introduced: 21 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-62609  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ml-explore/mlx to version 0.29.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the extract_tensor_data function when untrusted pointers from external sources are dereferenced without validation. An attacker can cause the application to crash by providing a specially crafted GGUF file that triggers a segmentation fault during memory operations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1