CVE-2025-21125

Application crash via malicious file

Published Feb 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025

NULL pointer dereference in Adobe InDesign Desktop ID20.0 and ID19.5.1 and earlier allows attackers to crash the application via a crafted file. Adobe has not disclosed the affected parser or the malformed file structure that causes it to dereference a null pointer. Exploitation requires a victim to open the malicious file and interrupts only the InDesign process, with no reported confidentiality or integrity impact.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

NULL pointer dereference in Adobe InDesign Desktop ID20.0 and ID19.5.1 and earlier allows attackers to crash the application via a crafted file. Adobe has not disclosed the affected parser or the malformed file structure that causes it to dereference a null pointer. Exploitation requires a victim to open the malicious file and interrupts only the InDesign process, with no reported confidentiality or integrity impact.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-21125
Published
Feb 11, 2025
Updated
Feb 12, 2025
Vendor
Adobe
Product
InDesign
Classifications
CWE-476, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=ID19.5.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Adobe · InDesignversion=0 <=ID19.5.1

Published CVSS scores

5.5Adobe Systems IncorporatedCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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