CVE-2025-61832: 
Adobe InDesign vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-61832 is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe InDesign Desktop versions 20.5, 19.5.5 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on November 11, 2025, with Adobe releasing a security update to address the issue. This vulnerability affects both Windows and macOS operating systems (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) and Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction, specifically requiring a victim to open a malicious file (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the logged-on user. Depending on the user's privileges, an attacker could potentially install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users with fewer system privileges may be less impacted than those with administrative rights (CIS Security).

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to Adobe InDesign version 20.5.1 or 21.0 to mitigate the risk. The update was made available on November 11, 2025 (Adobe Security, ASEC).