Ollama
CVE-2025-0315
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.25%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
A vulnerability in ollama/ollama <=0.3.14 allows a malicious user to create a customized GGUF model file, upload it to the Ollama server, and create it. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. A vulnerability in ollama/ollama <=0.3.14 allows a malicious user to create a customized GGUF model file, upload it to the Ollama server, and create it. This can cause the server to allocate unlimited memory, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Affected products include: Ollama.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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3DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability in ollama/ollama <=0.3.14 allows a malicious user to create a customized GGUF model file, upload it to the Ollama server, and create it. This can cause the server to allocate unlimited memory, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using ollama/ollama face notable risk from CVE-2025-0315 rated CVSS 7.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available, increasing the risk of exploitation. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and consider compensating controls in the interim.
Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Implement network-level access controls to limit exposure; (2) Enable enhanced monitoring and alerting; (3) Apply principle of least privilege.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Ollama before 0.1.34 does not validate the format of the digest (sha256 with 64 hex digits) when getting the model path,
Remote code execution in Ollama for Windows (versions 0.12.10 through 0.17.5) lets an attacker who can influence HTTP up
Silent auto-update code execution in Ollama for Windows (versions 0.12.10 through 0.17.5) stems from an update-verificat
Remote denial of service in Ollama (HEAD f0078ae) allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the entire server by uploadi
Denial of service in Ollama's multi-modal image processing (versions 0.11.5-rc0 through 0.13.5) lets remote attackers cr
An issue was discovered in Ollama before 0.1.46. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploita
A vulnerability in the Ollama server version 0.5.11 allows a malicious user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by
Information disclosure in Ollama's model quantization engine (confirmed affected in v0.13.5) allows remote, unauthentica
A vulnerability in ollama/ollama versions <=0.3.14 allows a malicious user to upload and create a customized GGUF model
An issue in ollama v.0.12.10 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the fs/ggml/gguf.go, function rea
An issue in ollama v.0.12.10 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the GGUF decoder [CVSS 7.5 HIGH]
A divide by zero vulnerability exists in ollama/ollama version v0.3.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerabilit
Same technique Denial Of Service
View allVendor StatusVendor
SUSE
Severity: High| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Fixed |
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