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CVE-2026-33298

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-33298 is a high-severity integer overflow vulnerability in the `ggml_nbytes` function of llama.cpp, an LLM inference library. An attacker can craft a malicious GGUF file with specific tensor dimensions, causing the function to return an incorrect memory size and leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), this flaw requires local access and user interaction but can result in potential Remote Code Execution (RCE) via memory corruption. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< b7824CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ggml:llama.cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b7824
Release Notes
github.com / ggml-org/llama.cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-96jg-mvhq-q7q7
ExploitVendor Advisory