CVE-2026-116816 (GCVE-0-2026-116816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-27 00:33 – Updated: 2026-10-27 00:33
VLAI
Title
llama.cpp b5899 before b10261 Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via plamo2 Tokenizer
Summary
llama.cpp b5899 before b10261 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in llm_tokenizer_plamo2::build that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory via crafted GGUF models. Attackers can supply BYTE-typed token text like <0x-1> whose negative parsed value writes token ids before the bytes_ buffer during model loading, causing crashes or potential code execution.
CWE
  • CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6903 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ggml-org llama.cpp Affected: b5899 , < b10261 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:ggml:llama.cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-07-21 00:00
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