Vulnerabilities / CVE-2025-9809

critical

CVE-2025-9809

Out-of-bounds write in cdfs_open_cue_track in libretro libretro-common ...

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (high).

Description

Out-of-bounds write in cdfs_open_cue_track in libretro libretro-common latest on all platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cue file with a file path exceeding PATH_MAX_LENGTH that is copied using memcpy into a fixed-size buffer.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11retroarchno fix listed
debian 12retroarchno fix listed
debian 13retroarchno fix listed
debian 14retroarchno fix listed
echoretroarchno fix listed
rapidfort debian 12retroarchno fix listed
rapidfort debian 13retroarchno fix listed
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04retroarch0:1.20.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04retroarch0:1.20.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04retroarch0:1.20.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 24.04retroarchno fix listed
ubuntu 25.10retroarch1.20.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

References

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