CVE-2026-17512

Publication date 27 July 2026

Last updated 7 August 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A 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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
whisper.cpp	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 1.9 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Attack requirements	None
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	Low
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	None
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	None
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	1.9 · Low
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Base score 3.3 · Low