VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-28927

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-04-07
Last modified2026-07-09
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The text-to-speech engine in libretro RetroArch for Windows 1.9.0 passes unsanitized input to PowerShell through platform_win32.c via the accessibility_speak_windows function, which allows attackers who have write access on filesystems that are used by RetroArch to execute code via command injection using specially a crafted file and directory names.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78

Primary references