CVE-2026-17512

A vulnerability has been found in ggml-org whisper.cpp 1.8.4-58. This impacts the function log_mel_spectrogram of the file src/whisper.cpp. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be performed locally. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW
CVSS v2.0 1.7 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

1.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3923
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3925
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-17512
https://vuldb.com/submit/798905
https://vuldb.com/vuln/383382
https://vuldb.com/vuln/383382/cti

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-27 13:16

Updated : 2026-07-27 20:25

NVD link : CVE-2026-17512

Mitre link : CVE-2026-17512

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-17512

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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