CVE-2024-42478
llama.cpp allows Arbitrary Address Read in rpc_server::get_tensor
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address reading. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
llama.cpp allows Arbitrary Address Read in rpc_server::get_tensor
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address reading. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
CVE-2024-42478- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-39638
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address reading. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
EUVD-2024-39638- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address reading. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
CVE-2024-42478- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
llama.cpp allows Arbitrary Address Read in rpc_server::get_tensor
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address reading. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
CVE-2024-42478- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-42478 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ggerganov Llama.cpp, published August 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.