Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-29366
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity memory corruption in the mupen64plus-core package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In mupen64plus v2.6.0 there is an array overflow vulnerability in the write_rdram_regs and write_rdram_regs functions, which enables executing arbitrary commands on the host machine.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29366 |
| Debian:13 | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29366 |
| Debian:14 | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29366 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29366 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29366 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29366 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29366 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | mupen64plus-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29366 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/blob/2.6.0/src/device/rdram/rdram.c#L159
- https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/blob/master/src/device/rdram/rdram.h#L60
- https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/blob/master/src/device/rdram/rdram.h#L50
- https://github.com/Giles-one/mupen64plusEscape/tree/main/BUG1
- https://gist.github.com/Giles-one/f4ea405c2a26000bb4ff4cfb9622be49