CVE-2025-49589
PCSX2 Contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow in IOP Console Logging
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
PCSX2 Contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow in IOP Console Logging
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-49589- CVSS 4.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-18219
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-18219- CVSS 4.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-49589- CVSS 4.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
PCSX2 Contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow in IOP Console Logging
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-49589- CVSS 4.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-49589
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49589- CVSS 4.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-49589
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49589- CVSS 4.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pcsx2Debian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.0+dfsg-21.6.0+dfsg-2.11.6.0+dfsg-31.6.0+dfsg-3.12.4.0+dfsg-12.4.0+dfsg-22.6.3+dfsg-12.6.3+dfsg-2 |
None known |
pcsx2Debian:13 |
before 1.6.0+dfsg-3+deb13u1, plus listed versions 1.6.0+dfsg-3 |
1.6.0+dfsg-3+deb13u1 |
pcsx2Debian:14 |
before 2.4.0+dfsg-1, plus listed versions 1.6.0+dfsg-31.6.0+dfsg-3.1 |
2.4.0+dfsg-1 |
pcsx2Ubuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.1+dfsg-1build11.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg-11.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg-1build11.4.0+dfsg-1 |
None known |
pcsx2Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.4.0+dfsg-2 |
None known |
pcsx2Ubuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.5.0~gfc1d9aef0+dfsg-11.5.0~gfc1d9aef0+dfsg-1ubuntu11.5.0~gfc1d9aef0+dfsg-2 |
None known |
pcsx2Ubuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.0+dfsg-11.6.0+dfsg-1build1 |
None known |
pcsx2Ubuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.0+dfsg-2build11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3 |
None known |
pcsx2Ubuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.0+dfsg-3 |
None known |
pcsx2Ubuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.6.3+dfsg-1build12.6.3+dfsg-22.6.3+dfsg-2build1 |
None known |
pcsx2Ubuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.0+dfsg-31.6.0+dfsg-3.12.4.0+dfsg-22.6.3+dfsg-12.6.3+dfsg-1build1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-49589 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Pcsx2, published June 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. Fixed in pcsx2 1.6.0+dfsg-3+deb13u1.