Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

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

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in RetroArch from libretro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
libretro	RetroArch	1.19.01.19.1

Weakness: CWE-426 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

VDB-291476 | libretro RetroArch Startup profapi.dll untrusted search path vdb-entry
VDB-291476 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #474011 | retroarch 1.19.1 Command Injection third-party-advisory