CVE-2025-49589 json
PCSX2 Contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow in IOP Console Logging
published 2025-06-12 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-18219
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the Kprintf_HLE function of PCSX2 versions up to 2.3.414. Opening a disc image that logs a specially crafted message may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code if the user enabled IOP Console Logging. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.414.
Patch / fix
- pcsx2 Debian 13 1.6.0+dfsg-3+deb13u1
- pcsx2 Debian 14 2.4.0+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49589
- github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2#12823 pull request
- github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2#12826 pull request
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 16 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- PCSX2 pcsx2
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-49589
- NVD CVE-2025-49589
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