Medium
mupen64plus-core — security advisory
A security vulnerability has been detected in Mupen64Plus up to 2.6.0. The affected element is the function write_is_viewer of the file src/device/cart/is_viewer.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 3984137fc0c44110f1ef876adb008885b05a6e18. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
- Products
- mupen64plus-core
- Affected versions
- 2.5-1, 2.5-2, 2.5-3, 2.5-4, 2.5-4build1, 2.5-6, 2.5-6build1, 2.5-7, 2.5-8, 2.5.9+341+gf82b37bf-1, 2.5.9+341+gf82b37bf-1build2, 2.5.9+341+gf82b37bf-1build3, 2.6.0-2, 2.6.0-2build1, 2.6.0-3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-9688
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A security vulnerability has been detected in Mupen64Plus up to 2.6.0. The affected element is the function write_is_viewer of the file src/device/cart/is_viewer.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 3984137fc0c44110f1ef876adb008885b05a6e18. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9688
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Complete source record
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