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.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-6e0627440a advisory.

    Update to 1.22.0


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-dda924d757 advisory.

    Update to 1.22.0


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-9136)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
279903	Fedora 43 : retroarch (2025-6e0627440a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
279902	Fedora 42 : retroarch (2025-dda924d757)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
260115	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9136	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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