CVE-2025-62609
MLX has Wild Pointer Dereference in load_gguf()
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.10%
Description
MLX is an array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon. Prior to version 0.29.4, there is a segmentation fault in mlx::core::load_gguf() when loading malicious GGUF files. Untrusted pointer from external gguflib library is dereferenced without validation, causing application crash. This issue has been patched in version 0.29.4.
How to fix CVE-2025-62609
To remediate CVE-2025-62609, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.29.4 or later
- —upgrade to 0.29.4 or later
Is CVE-2025-62609 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.29.4
- from 0, < 0.29.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |