---
id: "CVE-2025-54949"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-54949", "GHSA-9m39-3mf3-xwch"]
title: "ExecuTorch heap buffer overflow vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00669
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "executorch", "fixed": ["0.7.0"], "affected": "< 0.7.0", "ecosystem": "pypi"}, {"name": "org.pytorch:executorch-android", "fixed": ["0.7.0"], "affected": "< 0.7.0", "ecosystem": "maven"}, {"name": "github.com/pytorch/executorch", "fixed": ["0.7.0"], "affected": "< 0.7.0", "ecosystem": "swift"}]
ecosystems: ["maven", "pypi", "swift"]
tags: ["android", "cwe-122", "on-device-ai", "package", "python", "pytorch", "swift"]
not_affected_if: ["no-untrusted-models", "not-using-executorch"]
published_at: "2025-08-07T23:15:26+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-27T16:35:55+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-27T17:03:04+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "ghsa", "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9m39-3mf3-xwch", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T16:35:55+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54949", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T17:03:04+00:00"}]
---

# ExecuTorch heap buffer overflow vulnerability

ExecuTorch, PyTorch's on-device inference runtime, has a heap buffer overflow when it loads a model file. A crafted model can corrupt memory and potentially execute code in the process that loads it.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- pypi:executorch affected < 0.7.0 fixed 0.7.0
- maven:org.pytorch:executorch-android affected < 0.7.0 fixed 0.7.0
- swift:github.com/pytorch/executorch affected < 0.7.0 fixed 0.7.0

## How to check

- `pip show executorch` (Python) and check the version is below `0.7.0`
- Check the Android artifact `org.pytorch:executorch-android` and the Swift package `github.com/pytorch/executorch` for versions below `0.7.0`
- Check whether your app loads models from untrusted sources

## Fix

- Upgrade `executorch` (PyPI) to `0.7.0` or later
- Upgrade `org.pytorch:executorch-android` (Maven) to `0.7.0` or later
- Upgrade `github.com/pytorch/executorch` (Swift) to `0.7.0` or later

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27T16:35:55+00:00 ghsa https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9m39-3mf3-xwch
- 2026-10-27T17:03:04+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54949

## From the sources

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the loading of ExecuTorch models can potentially result in code execution or other undesirable effects. This issue affects ExecuTorch prior to commit ede82493dae6d2d43f8c424e7be4721abe5242be

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