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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-9136 Detail

Description

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555 VulDB Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555#issuecomment-2651403849 VulDB Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555/commits/6446f045ec7fc6a5cac3e8ec35a2f0a5889c88e8 VulDB Patch 
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/releases/tag/v1.21.0 VulDB Release Notes 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320516 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.320516 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.617657 CISA-ADP, VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST   VulDB  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-9136
NVD Published Date:
08/19/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/12/2025
Source:
VulDB