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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-33298 EUVD-2026-14668

llama.cpp has a Heap Buffer Overflow via Integer Overflow in GGUF Tensor Parsing

Published Mar 24, 2026 · Updated Mar 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

llama.cpp is an inference of several LLM models in C/C++. Prior to b7824, an integer overflow vulnerability in the `ggml_nbytes` function allows an attacker to bypass memory validation by crafting a GGUF file with specific tensor dimensions. This causes `ggml_nbytes` to return a significantly smaller size than required (e.g., 4MB instead of Exabytes), leading to a heap-based buffer overflow when the application subsequently processes the tensor. This vulnerability allows potential Remote Code Execution (RCE) via memory corruption. b7824 contains a fix.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ggml-org llama.cpp < b7824 —

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 llama.cpp 7965+dfsg-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 llama.cpp No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS llama.cpp No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 llama.cpp No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed llamacpp 0.9.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12500-1

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