CVE-2025-14612 Quartus Prime Pro Edition Advisory
Insecure temporary file handling in Quartus Prime Pro installer allows attackers to exploit predictable file names for privilege escalation or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14612?
CVE-2025-14612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro, published on 6 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro
Installer (SFX)
on Windows allows : Use of Predictable File Names.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 24.1 through 25.1.1.
Weakness: CWE-377
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Quartus Prime.
How do I fix CVE-2025-14612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Altera Quartus Prime Pro
- CVE-2021-44454 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
- CVE-2022-21174 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
- CVE-2022-21203 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition
- CVE-2022-21204 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
- CVE-2022-21220 XML external entity in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gg9r-qr35-cfrw.