CVE-2025-54225

Code execution via malicious-file use-after-free

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Use after free in Adobe InDesign 20.4 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a malicious file opened by a victim. The 19.x track is affected through 19.5.4, but Adobe has not disclosed the parser, object-lifetime error, or freed-memory operation that processes the file. A victim must open the crafted file; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code in the current user's context.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.31%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use after free in Adobe InDesign 20.4 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a malicious file opened by a victim. The 19.x track is affected through 19.5.4, but Adobe has not disclosed the parser, object-lifetime error, or freed-memory operation that processes the file. A victim must open the crafted file; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code in the current user's context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-54225
Published
Aug 12, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Adobe
Product
InDesign
Classifications
CWE-416, T1204.002, T1203
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=19.5.4

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Adobe · InDesignversion=0 <=19.5.4

Published CVSS scores

7.8AdobeCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-416Use After Free
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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