Adobe InDesign Desktop up to 19.5.3/20.2 heap-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe InDesign Desktop up to 19.5.3/20.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-30317. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe InDesign Desktop up to 19.5.3/20.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-30317 since 03/20/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 238055 (Adobe InDesign < 19.5.4 / 20.0 < 20.3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-53) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (238055) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-17697). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• InDesign Desktop

Version

• 19.5.0
• 19.5.1
• 19.5.2
• 19.5.3
• 20.0
• 20.1
• 20.2

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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