A vulnerability was detected in ggml-org whisper.cpp up to 1.8.2. Affected is the function read_audio_data of the file /whisper.cpp/examples/common-whisper.cpp. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Ggml
  • Whisper.cpp

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3501 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/oneafter/InvalidFree/blob/main/repro cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.336193 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.336193 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.703886 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ggml
Ggml whisper.cpp
Vendors & Products Ggml
Ggml whisper.cpp

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was detected in ggml-org whisper.cpp up to 1.8.2. Affected is the function read_audio_data of the file /whisper.cpp/examples/common-whisper.cpp. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title ggml-org whisper.cpp common-whisper.cpp read_audio_data use after free
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-12-12T18:02:09.274Z

Updated: 2025-12-12T19:22:15.061Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T11:27:00.916Z

Link: CVE-2025-14569

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-12T19:22:11.840Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-12T19:16:01.610

Modified: 2025-12-15T18:22:40.637

Link: CVE-2025-14569

cve-icon Redhat

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