PT-2025-33721 · Libretro+1 · Retroarch+1

Simcha Kosman + 1 · Published 2025-08-19 · Updated 2025-09-12 · CVE-2025-9136

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: libretro RetroArch versions 1.18.0 through 1.20.0

Description: A flaw has been found in the filestream vscanf function of the libretro-common/streams/file stream.c file. This manipulation causes an out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be launched locally.

Recommendations: Upgrade to version 1.21.0 to mitigate this issue. Upgrade the affected component.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-9136

Affected Products

Debian

Retroarch

References · 19

• 🔥 https://vuldb.com/?submit.617657 · Exploit
• https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555/commits/6446f045ec7fc6a5cac3e8ec35a2f0a5889c88e8 · Patch
• https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555 · Patch
• https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/releases/tag/v1.21.0 · Patch
• https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/17555#issuecomment-2651403849 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-9136 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-9136 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9136 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9136 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9136 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9136 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9136 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132772 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/30346 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1957772159113208280 · Twitter Post