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SECURITY: CVE-2023-45663 in llama.cpp's vendored stb_image 2.30 (vendor/stb/stb_image.h, sha256 594c2fe3…).
stbi__tga_load and the HDR reader ignore stbi__getn's return value. When a file is short, stbi_load_from_memory hands back decoded pixels that contain uninitialized heap (TGA) or stack (HDR) bytes. llama-server decodes image_url data with stbi_load_from_memory (tools/mtmd/mtmd-helper.cpp), and llama.cpp defines no STBI_NO_*, so both decoders are compiled in and reachable from a request. llama.cpp's master branch still vendors 2.30 today, so waiting for an update won't fix it.
This carries upstream's own fix unchanged: nothings/stb cd44845 ("stb_image: Fix bugs in TGA and HDR", Fabian Giesen, 2026-10-26, part of v2.31). It's one commit, scoped to the two loaders, rather than the whole 2.31/2.32 release, whose v2.32 version bump landed today.
stb-cve-2023-45663.patch is git diff cd44845^ cd44845 -- stb_image.h, re-rooted at vendor/stb/.
build.sh checks the vendored file's sha256 before patching (594c2fe3…, the exact 2.30 copy) and after (a6041366…), so a different vendored copy or a partial apply fails the build. Tested off-host on the 2.30 file: all four hunks apply with no fuzz (three at a +270-line offset), and the result contains the checked stbi__getn (line 5937) and the new stbi__hdr_load_pixels.
build.ncl adds the patch as a Local and patch as a build dep.
Context: pkgmgr's vendored-components audit has reported this as a finding against llama.cpp since gominimal/pkgmgr-rs#1279. Once this merges, that entry moves CVE-2023-45663 to not_affected (vulnerable_code_not_present, patched). If a later llama.cpp re-vendors stb ≥ 2.31, the "before" hash check fails and the patch gets dropped then.
The change adds TGA and HDR decoding checks to the vendored stb_image through a build-applied patch. The build declares the patch as a dependency and verifies the header’s SHA-256 before and after applying it.
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TGA and HDR decoding changes packages/llama.cpp/stb-cve-2023-45663.patch
TGA row reads now report premature EOF when a row is incomplete. HDR loading rejects invalid dimensions, validates scanline widths and RLE counts, and frees allocated buffers on decode failure.
The change fixes the uninitialized-memory read for truncated TGA files, but it introduces a memory leak on each truncated TGA decode. Repeated crafted image_url requests could exhaust llama-server memory. Add the missing free and regenerate the post-patch hash before merging.
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- Line 11: In the short-read return path in the TGA loader, free the allocated
tga_data buffer before returning the error from stbi__errpuc; preserve the
existing error behavior. Recompute and update the post-patch hash used by the
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Free tga_data before returning on a short TGA read.
If a non-RLE TGA ends before a row is complete, stbi__getn returns 0 after the loader allocates tga_data. This return loses the only pointer to that buffer. Repeated image requests can exhaust llama-server memory. Free tga_data on this path, then update the post-patch hash in packages/llama.cpp/build.sh at Line 41. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @packages/llama.cpp/stb-cve-2023-45663.patch at line 11:
In the short-read return path in the TGA loader, free the allocated tga_data buffer before returning the error from stbi__errpuc; preserve the existing error behavior. Recompute and update the post-patch hash used by the build configuration so it matches the patched file.
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Approving at 44e271c1 on Karl's behalf. The patch body is byte-identical to upstream nothings/stb cd44845 ("stb_image: Fix bugs in TGA and HDR"), re-rooted at vendor/stb/; only hunk line offsets differ. The before and after sha256 checks make a different vendored copy or a partial apply fail the build, and the build is green on both arches.
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SECURITY: CVE-2023-45663 in llama.cpp's vendored stb_image 2.30 (
vendor/stb/stb_image.h, sha256594c2fe3…).stbi__tga_loadand the HDR reader ignorestbi__getn's return value. When a file is short,stbi_load_from_memoryhands back decoded pixels that contain uninitialized heap (TGA) or stack (HDR) bytes. llama-server decodesimage_urldata withstbi_load_from_memory(tools/mtmd/mtmd-helper.cpp), and llama.cpp defines noSTBI_NO_*, so both decoders are compiled in and reachable from a request. llama.cpp's master branch still vendors 2.30 today, so waiting for an update won't fix it.This carries upstream's own fix unchanged: nothings/stb
cd44845("stb_image: Fix bugs in TGA and HDR", Fabian Giesen, 2026-10-26, part of v2.31). It's one commit, scoped to the two loaders, rather than the whole 2.31/2.32 release, whose v2.32 version bump landed today.stb-cve-2023-45663.patchisgit diff cd44845^ cd44845 -- stb_image.h, re-rooted atvendor/stb/.594c2fe3…, the exact 2.30 copy) and after (a6041366…), so a different vendored copy or a partial apply fails the build. Tested off-host on the 2.30 file: all four hunks apply with no fuzz (three at a +270-line offset), and the result contains the checkedstbi__getn(line 5937) and the newstbi__hdr_load_pixels.Localandpatchas a build dep.Rebuilds: 1 (llama.cpp;
mip dump --packages, amd64).Context: pkgmgr's vendored-components audit has reported this as a finding against llama.cpp since gominimal/pkgmgr-rs#1279. Once this merges, that entry moves CVE-2023-45663 to
not_affected(vulnerable_code_not_present, patched). If a later llama.cpp re-vendors stb ≥ 2.31, the "before" hash check fails and the patch gets dropped then.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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