What is CVE-2025-14625?

CVE-2025-14625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Lite, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-14625?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Lite

CVE-2025-14625

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules), Altera Quartus Prime Lite on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affec…

EPSS: 0.001 (2.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Altera Quartus Prime Lite — versions 19.1
Altera Quartus Prime Standard — versions 19.1
Intel Quartus_prime
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

04c0172e-9735-4a9d-a92a-fe01fa863447 (Vendor Advisory)
04c0172e-9735-4a9d-a92a-fe01fa863447

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14625?: CVE-2025-14625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Lite, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-14625?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.