CVE-2025-14599 (GCVE-0-2025-14599)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-06 21:30
Modified
2026-01-06 21:47
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard
Installer (SFX)
on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite
Installer (SFX)
on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 through 24.1.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altera | Quartus Prime Standard |
Version: 23.1 < |
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