Buffer overflow in Nintendo Animal Crossing
CVE-2018-25109
A vulnerability has been found in Nintendo Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori+ and Doubutsu no Mori e+ 1.00/1.01 on GameCube and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Letter Trigram Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nintendo Animal Crossing — versions 1.00, 1.01
- Nintendo Doubutsu No Mori+ — versions 1.00, 1.01
- Nintendo Doubutsu No Mori E+ — versions 1.00, 1.01
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vuldb.com/ (vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required)
- jamchamb.net/2018/07/11/animal-crossing-nes-emulator-hacks.html (related)
- hunter-r.com/posts/ac-trigrams/ (related)
- github.com/FIX94/ac-exploit-gc (exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-25109?
- CVE-2018-25109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nintendo Animal Crossing, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-03-23.
- How severe is CVE-2018-25109?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.