CVE-2025-14614 Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory
Insecure temporary file handling in Quartus Prime installers 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-2025-14614?
CVE-2025-14614 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Lite, 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 Standard
Installer (SFX)
on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite
Installer (SFX)
on Windows allows Explore for Predictable Temporary File Names.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 through 24.1.
Weakness: CWE-377
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14614?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Quartus Prime.
How do I fix CVE-2025-14614?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14614 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14614 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14614 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Altera Quartus Prime Lite
- 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-r5x9-xq27-vvxh.