Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2025· Updated Jun 24, 2025
llama.cpp tokenizer signed vs. unsigned heap overflow
CVE-2025-52566
Description
llama.cpp is an inference of several LLM models in C/C++. Prior to version b5721, there is a signed vs. unsigned integer overflow in llama.cpp's tokenizer implementation (llama_vocab::tokenize) (src/llama-vocab.cpp:3036) resulting in unintended behavior in tokens copying size comparison. Allowing heap-overflowing llama.cpp inferencing engine with carefully manipulated text input during tokenization process. This issue has been patched in version b5721.
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2- github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/commit/dd6e6d0b6a4bbe3ebfc931d1eb14db2f2b1d70afmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-7rxv-5jhh-j6xxmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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