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CVE-2025-62608

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-62608 is a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in mlx::core::load() within the MLX array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon, affecting versions prior to 0.29.4. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a 13-byte out-of-bounds read by providing a specially crafted NumPy .npy file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential future interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.29.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ml-explore:mlx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
LOW
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
LOW
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
PROOF_OF_CONCEPT
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mlxFixed in: 0.29.4

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2025-62608Moderate

mlx: MLX has heap-buffer-overflow in load()

Nov 21, 2025
pipGHSA-w6vg-jg77-2qg6medium

MLX has heap-buffer-overflow in load()

Nov 21, 2025

References

github.com / ml-explore/mlx/pull/1
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ml-explore/mlx/pull/2
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ml-explore/mlx/security/advisories/GHSA-w6vg-jg77-2qg6
ExploitVendor Advisory