whisper.cpp — security advisory
A vulnerability was detected in ggml-org whisper.cpp up to 1.8.2. Affected is the function read_audio_data of the file /whisper.cpp/examples/common-whisper.cpp. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
- Products
- whisper.cpp
- Affected versions
- 1.7.6+dfsg-1, 1.8.2+dfsg-1, 1.8.2+dfsg-2, 1.8.2+dfsg-3, 1.8.2+dfsg-4, 1.8.2+dfsg-5, 1.8.3+dfsg-1, 1.8.3+dfsg-2, 1.8.3+dfsg-2~exp1, 1.8.3+dfsg-2~exp2, 1.8.4+dfsg-1, 1.8.6+dfsg-1, 1.8.6+dfsg-2, 1.9.1+dfsg1-1, 1.9.2+dfsg-1, 1.9.3+dfsg-1, 1.9.3+dfsg-1~exp1, 1.9.4+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-14569
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability was detected in ggml-org whisper.cpp up to 1.8.2. Affected is the function read_audio_data of the file /whisper.cpp/examples/common-whisper.cpp. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14569
whisper.cpp
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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