UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9809

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-9809
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9809.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9809
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Published
2025-09-01T19:15:00Z
Modified
2026-07-28T21:27:02Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / retroarch

Package

Name
retroarch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/retroarch?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*
1.14.0+dfsg-1build1
1.15.0+dfsg-1
1.16.0.3+dfsg-1
1.18.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "retroarch",
            "binary_version": "1.18.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "remote arbitrary code execution"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9809.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / retroarch

Package

Name
retroarch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/retroarch?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*
1.20.0+dfsg-2build1
1.20.0+dfsg-2build2
1.20.0+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "retroarch",
            "binary_version": "1.20.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "remote arbitrary code execution"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9809.json"