| Name | CVE-2025-9136 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1111614 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| retroarch (PTS) | bullseye | 1.7.3+dfsg1-1.1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.14.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1.20.0+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 1.20.0+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| retroarch | source | (unstable) | 1.20.0+dfsg-3 | | | 1111614 |
Notes
[trixie] - retroarch <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - retroarch <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - retroarch <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commit/b0999db885a0f1530f0e968c7450a4f0aa624b65 (v1.21.0)