CVE-2025-62609 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-62609

MLX has Wild Pointer Dereference in load_gguf()

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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CVE-2025-62608
MLX has heap-buffer-overflow in load()
Medium 5.5

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mlx
Vulnerable Versions:
< 0.29.4

Timeline

Official Publish: November 21st, 2025
Last Modified: November 21st, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
Impact
T1489 Service Stop
Impact
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access