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Description

A security flaw has been discovered in ggml-org whisper.cpp up to 1.8.2. This vulnerability affects the function whisper_model_load of the file ggml/src/ggml.c. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-31 | Published 2026-06-01 | Updated 2026-06-02 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
1.7AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

NULL Pointer Dereference

Denial of Service

Product status

1.8.0
affected

1.8.1
affected

1.8.2
affected

Timeline

2026-05-31:Advisory disclosed
2026-05-31:VulDB entry created
2026-05-31:VulDB entry last update

Credits

m00dy (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/367591 (VDB-367591 | ggml-org whisper.cpp ggml.c whisper_model_load null pointer dereference) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/367591/cti (VDB-367591 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10298 (CVE-2026-10298 | CVE Analysis and Report) third-party-advisory

vuldb.com/submit/826910 (Submit #826910 | ggml-org whisper.cpp ≤ 1.8.2 (confirmed on HEAD as of 2026-05-12) NULL Pointer Dereference) third-party-advisory

github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3807 exploit issue-tracking

github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-10298)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-10298)

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