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CVE-2025-54212:
Adobe InDesign vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Adobe InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-54212. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 12, 2025, affecting both Windows and macOS operating systems (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). The attack vector is Local (AV:L), with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring No privileges (PR:N) but needs User interaction (UI:R). The scope is Unchanged (S:U), with High impact on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The attacker could potentially gain the same level of access and privileges as the user running the InDesign application (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to versions newer than InDesign Desktop 20.4 or 19.5.4. Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability (Adobe Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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