CVE-2024-42479
llama.cpp allows write-what-where in rpc_server::set_tensor
CVE-2024-42479 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) 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 2.61%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 10.0 CriticalCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 2.61%EPSS, 85th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address writing. 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
llama.cpp allows write-what-where in rpc_server::set_tensor
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address writing. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
CVE-2024-42479- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-123
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-39639
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address writing. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
EUVD-2024-39639- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - 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 writing. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
CVE-2024-42479- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - 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-123, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
llama.cpp allows write-what-where in rpc_server::set_tensor
llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. The unsafe data pointer member in the rpc_tensor structure can cause arbitrary address writing. This vulnerability is fixed in b3561.
- Record
CVE-2024-42479- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-123
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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.