CVE-2025-54230
Adobe Framemaker vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Framemaker versions 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-54230. The vulnerability was disclosed in Adobe's Security Bulletin with a CVSS:3.1 score indicating high severity (Adobe Security, Tenable CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Use After Free (UAF) vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. The CVSS v3.1 scoring metrics are AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Adobe Security).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system with the same privileges as the current user. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access, data manipulation, and system compromise (Tenable CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Framemaker. The specific versions that include the fix have not been publicly disclosed (Adobe Security).

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