FKIE_CVE-2025-9136

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-19 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:08
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw has been found in libretro RetroArch 1.18.0/1.19.0/1.20.0. This affects the function filestream_vscanf of the file libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be launched locally. Upgrading to version 1.21.0 mitigates this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555Issue Tracking, Patch
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555#issuecomment-2651403849Issue Tracking, Patch
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555/commits/6446f045ec7fc6a5cac3e8ec35a2f0a5889c88e8Patch
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/releases/tag/v1.21.0Release Notes
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320516Permissions Required, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.320516Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.617657Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://vuldb.com/?submit.617657Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libretro retroarch 1.18.0
libretro retroarch 1.19.0
libretro retroarch 1.20.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:08:23.627",
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