{"id":"CVE-2025-9136","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-9136","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:16:02.133Z","title":"This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read.","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.","published":"2025-08-19T12:15:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:08:24.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":4.8,"severity":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-125"],"affected":["libretro/retroarch"],"epss":{"score":0.00205,"percentile":0.10367,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555#issuecomment-2651403849","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555/commits/6446f045ec7fc6a5cac3e8ec35a2f0a5889c88e8","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/releases/tag/v1.21.0","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320516","tags":["Permissions Required","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.320516","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?submit.617657","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?submit.617657","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9136","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}