CVE-2025-54214 (GCVE-0-2025-54214)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-12 20:55 – Updated: 2025-08-13 20:06
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Title
InDesign Desktop | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Summary
InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe InDesign Desktop Affected: 0 , ≤ 19.5.4 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2025-08-12 17:00
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