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GHSA-X8J8-538P-X6XV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-14 18:31 – Updated: 2025-01-14 18:31

Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in libretro RetroArch up to 1.19.1 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library profapi.dll of the component Startup. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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    "CVE-2025-0459"
  ],
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-x8j8-538p-x6xv",
  "modified": "2025-01-14T18:31:58Z",
  "published": "2025-01-14T18:31:58Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.291476"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
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CVE-2025-0459 (GCVE-0-2025-0459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-14 15:31 – Updated: 2025-01-14 16:42

Summary

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

Tags

	https://vuldb.com/?id.291476	vdb-entry
	https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.291476	signaturepermissions-required
	https://vuldb.com/?submit.474011	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	libretro	RetroArch	Affected: 1.19.0 Affected: 1.19.1

Credits

Havook (VulDB User)

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-X8J8-538P-X6XV

CVE-2025-0459 (GCVE-0-2025-0459)

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