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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2025-62608 EUVD-2025-198501GHSA-w6vg-jg77-2qg6PYSEC-2025-138

MLX has heap-buffer-overflow in load()

Published Nov 21, 2025 · Updated Nov 21, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

MLX is an array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon. Prior to version 0.29.4, there is a heap buffer overflow in mlx::core::load() when parsing malicious NumPy .npy files. Attacker-controlled file causes 13-byte out-of-bounds read, leading to crash or information disclosure. This issue has been patched in version 0.29.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ml-explore mlx < 0.29.4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI mlx < 0.29.4 0.29.4 GHSA-w6vg-jg77-2qg6

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