CVE-2025-14625

MEDIUM

Altera Quartus Prime <24.1 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules), Altera Quartus Prime Lite on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 19.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 19.1 through 24.1.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0005

[Various Sources] https://community.altera.com/kb/knowledge-base/how-to-mitigate-the-security-vulnerability-in-the-nios%C2%AE-ii-command-shell-utility/350185

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 0.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Products (1)

intel/quartus_prime 19.1 - 25.1 (2 CPE variants)

Published Jan 07, 2026

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026