CVE-2025-14599

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.

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-0005	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:::::lite:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:::::standard:::*

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
References	~~() https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0005 -~~	() https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0005 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:::::standard:::* cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:::::lite:::*

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-2025-14599

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14599

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14599

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Products Affected

microsoft

windows

intel

quartus_prime

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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