CVE-2025-59374

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED" Certain versions of the ASUS Live Update client were distributed with unauthorized modifications introduced through a supply chain compromise. The modified builds could cause devices meeting specific targeting conditions to perform unintended actions. Only devices that met these conditions and installed the compromised versions were affected. The Live Update client has already reached End-of-Support (EOS) in October 2021, and no currently supported devices or products are affected by this issue.

References

Link	Resource
https://www.asus.com/news/hqfgvuyz6uyayje1/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-59374	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:asus:live_update:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

18 Dec 2025, 15:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-17 05:16

Updated : 2025-12-18 15:42

NVD link : CVE-2025-59374

Mitre link : CVE-2025-59374

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-59374

JSON object : View

Products Affected

live_update

CWE

CWE-506

Embedded Malicious Code

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