CVE-2024-42479

Affects: llama.cpp

CVSS: CRITICAL · 10v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2024-08-12
Weakness: CWE-123, CWE-787
Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42479

Description

llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address writing. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.

References

https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/commit/b72942fac998672a79a1ae3c03b340f7e629980b
https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-wcr5-566p-9cwj

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