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Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-110698Praat Model Loader whisper.cpp whisper_model_load out-of-bounds write

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds write in Praat. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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)."

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12praatno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-110698
Debian:13praatno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-110698
Debian:14praatno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-110698
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpraatno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-110698
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSpraatno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-110698
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSpraatno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-110698
Ubuntu:26.10praatno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-110698

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Praat 7.0.02

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-119 · Vector: 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

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