# CVE-2024-42477: llama.cpp global-buffer-overflow in ggml\_type\_size

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: b3561
- Published: 2024-08-12 · Updated: 2024-08-13

## Affected

- ggerganov llama.cpp: fixed in b3561

## Description

llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe `type` member in the `rpc_tensor` structure can cause `global-buffer-overflow`. This vulnerability may lead to memory data leakage. The vulnerability is fixed in b3561.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ggerganov llama.cpp, upgrade to a fixed version (b3561) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-mqp6-7pv6-fqjf
- https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/commit/b72942fac998672a79a1ae3c03b340f7e629980b

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