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GHSA-89MV-JHHR-RQH8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-15 00:31 – Updated: 2026-10-15 00:31

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A security vulnerability has been detected in Praat up to 7.0.02. Affected is the function whisper_model_load of the file external/whispercpp/whisper.cpp of the component Model Loader. The manipulation of the argument n_dims leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The identifier of the patch is a910d21a2705ef4cd16d91f29cdc8da1ab1a7221. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The project maintainer confirms: "We did a quick fix (suggested fix 1) for Praat version 7.0.03, and scheduled a better fix (suggested fix 2)."

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

2.1 (Low)


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

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CVE-2026-110698 (GCVE-0-2026-110698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 21:45 – Updated: 2026-10-14 21:45 X_Open Source

Title

Praat Model Loader whisper.cpp whisper_model_load out-of-bounds write

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

6.3 (Medium)


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

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-119 - Memory Corruption

Assigner

VulDB CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3868 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/419892	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/419892/cti	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-110698	third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/1004713	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/praat/praat.github.io/issues/3348	exploitissue-tracking
https://github.com/PaulBoersma/praat/commit/a910d…	patch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Praat	Affected: 7.0.02 cpe:2.3:a:praat:praat::::::::

Credits

Dem00000 (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team

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