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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15579 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:55:12.255Z

Reserved: 2021-03-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-28927

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-07T15:15:13.623

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:00:24.273

Link: CVE-2021-28927

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