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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-110698 EUVD-2026-101708GHSA-89mv-jhhr-rqh8

Praat Model Loader whisper.cpp whisper_model_load out-of-bounds write

Published Oct 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Praat up to 7.0.02. Affected is the function whisper_model_load of the file external/whispercpp/whisper.cpp of the component Model Loader. The manipulation of the argument n_dims leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The identifier of the patch is a910d21a2705ef4cd16d91f29cdc8da1ab1a7221. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The project maintainer confirms: "We did a quick fix (suggested fix 1) for Praat version 7.0.03, and scheduled a better fix (suggested fix 2)."

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Praat 7.0.02 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 praat No fix yet —
Debian 13 praat No fix yet —
Debian 12 praat No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 praat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS praat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS praat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS praat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS praat No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS praat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS praat No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed praat 7.0.02-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12183-1

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