CVE-2026-17512

NameCVE-2026-17512
DescriptionA vulnerability has been found in ggml-org whisper.cpp 1.8.4-58. This impacts the function log_mel_spectrogram of the file src/whisper.cpp. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be performed locally. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
whisper.cpp (PTS)forky, sid1.9.1+dfsg1-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
whisper.cppsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3923
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3925

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