CVE-2024-12055: Ollama out-of-bounds read via malicious gguf model file causes denial of service

Summary

CVE-2024-12055 affects Ollama versions <=0.3.14. A malicious user can create a customized gguf model file and upload it to the public Ollama server. When the server processes the malicious model, it crashes, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). The root cause is an out-of-bounds read in the gguf.go file (CWE-125).

Mitigation

The source does not state a fix yet. Check the original advisory for updates.

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

Matched by package name and ecosystem. Each entry shows whether the package delegates to a language model and how many tracked packages depend on it.

• github.com/ollama/ollamaGoLLM dependency since 2023-07-08 · 2 tracked dependents

Topics

• Inference infrastructure

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