CVE catalog
CVE-2021-28927
retroarch: CVE-2021-28927
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.27% · Oct 25, 2026
The text-to-speech engine in libretro RetroArch for Windows 1.9.0 passes unsanitized input to PowerShell through platform_win32.c via the accessibility_speak_windows function, which allows attackers who have write access on filesystems that are used by RetroArch to execute code via command injection using specially a crafted file and directory names.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | retroarch | sid | 1.22.2+dfsg-3 | not affected |
| Debian | retroarch | forky | 1.22.2+dfsg-3 | not affected |
| Debian | retroarch | trixie | 1.20.0+dfsg-2 | not affected |
| Debian | retroarch | bookworm | 1.14.0+dfsg-1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | retroarch | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | retroarch | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | retroarch | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | retroarch | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [retroarch]Not affected
Details (2)
1.14.0+dfsg-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm
1.14.0+dfsg-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm
- [retroarch-dev]Not affected
Source package: [retroarch]
Details (2)
1.14.0+dfsg-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm
1.14.0+dfsg-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm
Observed: