CVE-2025-13663 (GCVE-0-2025-13663)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-11 20:35 – Updated: 2025-12-11 21:03
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Title
Quartus Prime Pro Edition Installer Advisory
Summary
Under certain circumstances, the Quartus Prime Pro Installer for Windows does not check the permissions of the Quartus target installation directory if the target installation directory already exists.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-279 - Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Altera Quartus Prime Pro Affected: 17.0 , ≤ 24.3.1 (custom)
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