Is CVE-2025-9136 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-9136 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-9136?

CVE-2025-9136 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-9136?

CVE-2025-9136 has an EPSS score of 0.18% (7th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-9136?

Upgrade retroarch on debian unstable to 1.20.0+dfsg-3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-9136

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

retroarchDebian

Fixed in:1.20.0+dfsg-3CVE-2025-9136

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory2

Release Notes1

github.com

VDB Entry1

vuldb.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-12.