CVE-2018-25109 Nintendo Animal Crossing Letter Trigram ac-exploit-gc memory corruption
A memory corruption vulnerability in Nintendo Animal Crossing allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via physical access to the GameCube console.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-25109?
CVE-2018-25109 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nintendo Animal Crossing, published on 23 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25109?
How do I fix CVE-2018-25109?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25109 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-25109 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25109 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m8pf-838q-f6h2.