CVE catalog
CVE-2025-9136
retroarch: CVE-2025-9136
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.21% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw has been found in libretro RetroArch 1.18.0/1.19.0/1.20.0. This affects the function filestream_vscanf of the file libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be launched locally. Upgrading to version 1.21.0 mitigates this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
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 | fixed |
| Debian | retroarch | forky | 1.22.2+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| Debian | retroarch | trixie | 1.20.0+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | retroarch | bookworm | 1.14.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | retroarch | source | sid | 1.20.0+dfsg-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1111614] |
| Debian | retroarch | source | forky | 1.20.0+dfsg-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1111614] |
| Debian | retroarch | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1111614] |
| Debian | retroarch | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1111614] |
Notes
[trixie] retroarch: Minor issue [bookworm] retroarch: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [retroarch]Affected
Details (2)
1.14.0+dfsg-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm; dsa · retroarch · debian · 12
1.14.0+dfsg-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm; dsa · retroarch · debian · 12
- [retroarch-dev]Affected
Source package: [retroarch]
Details (2)
1.14.0+dfsg-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm; dsa · retroarch · debian · 12
1.14.0+dfsg-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · bookworm; dsa · retroarch · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [retroarch]Affected
Source package: [retroarch]
Details (2)
1.20.0+dfsg-2+b1· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · 13
1.20.0+dfsg-2+b1· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · 13
- [retroarch-dev]Affected
Source package: [retroarch]
Details (2)
1.20.0+dfsg-2· all · trixieAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · 13
1.20.0+dfsg-2· all · trixieAffected
dsa · retroarch · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9136]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-9136]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-9136.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]