Bug#1107756: pcsx2: CVE-2025-49589

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: pcsx2
Version: 1.6.0+dfsg-3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for pcsx2.

CVE-2025-49589[0]:
| PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. A
| stack-based buffer overflow exists in the Kprintf_HLE function of
| PCSX2 versions up to 2.3.414. Opening a disc image that logs a
| specially crafted message may allow a remote attacker to execute
| arbitrary code if the user enabled IOP Console Logging. This
| vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.414.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49589
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49589
[1] https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/security/advisories/GHSA-f494-4xf7-xj35

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore