CVE-2026-17513 | A vulnerability was found in ggml-org whisper.cpp 95ea8f9b. … | CVSS 3.3 LOW

Description

A vulnerability was found in ggml-org whisper.cpp 95ea8f9b. Affected is the function ggml_ftype_to_ggml_type of the file ggml/src/ggml.c. The manipulation of the argument ftype results in reachable assertion. The attack requires a local approach. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-17513
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 2026-07-27 07:09 UTC
Published: 2026-07-27 12:45 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-27 16:20 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-617
Reachable Assertion
Vendor / Product: ggml-org / whisper.cpp
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

3.3 LOW CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

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Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
ggml-org	whisper.cpp	—	95ea8f9b

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-617	cna	Reachable Assertion

CVSS scores (4)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
4.8	MEDIUM	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.3	LOW	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
3.3	LOW	3.0	cna	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
1.7	N/D	2.0	cna	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

References (6)

VDB-383383 | ggml-org whisper.cpp ggml.c ggml_ftype_to_ggml_type assertion https://vuldb.com/vuln/383383
VDB-383383 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) https://vuldb.com/vuln/383383/cti
CVE-2026-17513 | CVE Analysis and Report https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-17513
Submit #799055 | ggml-org whisper.cpp commit 95ea8f9b Reachable Assertion https://vuldb.com/submit/799055
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3924
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/