CVE-2025-30301: 
Adobe Framemaker vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Adobe Framemaker versions 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-30301. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 8, 2025, affecting Adobe Framemaker software across multiple versions (NVD, Adobe Advisory).

The vulnerability is classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). The weakness is identified under CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) (NVD).

If exploited, this vulnerability could result in an application denial-of-service condition. A successful attack would cause the application to crash, disrupting service availability (NVD).

Exploitation of this vulnerability requires user interaction, specifically the victim must open a malicious file. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring no privileges, but does need local access (NVD, CIS Advisory).

Adobe has released updates to address this vulnerability in Framemaker versions 2020.8 and 2022.6. Users are advised to update to the latest version of the software. The vulnerability affects both versions from 2020 up to (excluding) 2020.8 and from 2022 up to (excluding) 2022.6 (NVD).