CVE-2025-0459 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-0459: libretro RetroArch Startup profapi.dll untrusted search path

Vendor Libretro
Product RetroArch
Weakness CWE-426
Published January 14, 2025
Last update January 14, 2025

CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 14, 2025 CVE published
January 14, 2025 Record updated