CVE-2025-52541 (GCVE-0-2025-52541)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-11 14:43 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Vivado could allow a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Severity
7.3 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-13 04:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | Vivado™ Installation (Windows) |
Unaffected:
2025.2
|
guessed |
Date Public
2026-02-11 14:41
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