CVE-2025-14596

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 24.1 through 24.3.1.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0004	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jan 2026, 15:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Intel quartus Prime Microsoft windows Microsoft Intel
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:::::pro:::*
References	~~() https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0004 -~~	() https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0004 - Vendor Advisory

07 Jan 2026, 02:02

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-07 02:02

Updated : 2026-01-12 15:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-14596

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14596

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14596

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Products Affected

microsoft

windows

intel

quartus_prime

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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