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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

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 None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

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ggml-org whisper.cpp affected
Version Status Constraints
1.8.0 affected —
1.8.1 affected —
1.8.2 affected —

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https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3807 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10298 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/826910 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/367591 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/367591/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title ggml-org whisper.cpp ggml.c whisper_model_load null pointer dereference
First Time appeared Ggml-org
Ggml-org whisper.cpp
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ggml-org:whisper.cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ggml-org
Ggml-org whisper.cpp
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-01T22:30:10.751Z

Reserved: 2026-05-31T18:04:48.553Z

Link: CVE-2026-10298

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-01T23:16:18.850

Modified: 2026-06-01T23:16:18.850

Link: CVE-2026-10298

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Updated: 2026-06-02T00:30:26Z

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