CVE-2024-21836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GGUF library header.n_tensors functionality of llama.cpp Commit 18c2e17. A specially crafted .gguf file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ggerganov	Llama.cpp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ggerganov:llama.cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1915

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00111}`	epss `{'score': 0.00145}`

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ggerganov Ggerganov llama.cpp
Weaknesses		CWE-787
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ggerganov:llama.cpp::::::::
Vendors & Products		Ggerganov Ggerganov llama.cpp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2024-02-26T16:07:51.418Z

Updated: 2024-08-16T19:14:17.303Z

Reserved: 2024-01-18T18:42:55.755Z

Link: CVE-2024-21836

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:27:36.325Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-26T16:27:55.990

Modified: 2025-02-12T18:53:55.033

Link: CVE-2024-21836

Redhat

No data.

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