CVE-2026-110698

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)."

CVSS 4.0

2.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

CVSS 3.1

6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-119, CWE-787

Published

2026-10-14

Modified

2026-10-20

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

References

• https://github.com/PaulBoersma/praat/commit/a910d21a2705ef4cd16d91f29cdc8da1ab1a7221
• https://github.com/praat/praat.github.io/issues/3348
• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-110698
• https://vuldb.com/submit/1004713
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/419892

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