Adobe Bridge up to 14.1.8/15.1.1 File heap-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Bridge up to 14.1.8/15.1.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component File Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-54268. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Bridge up to 14.1.8/15.1.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component File Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Bridge versions 14.1.8, 15.1.1 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 at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-54268 since 07/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/17/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270655 (Adobe Bridge 14.1.8 < 14.1.9 / 15.x < 15.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-96)), 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 (270655) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-34491). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Bridge

Version

• 14.1.0
• 14.1.1
• 14.1.2
• 14.1.3
• 14.1.4
• 14.1.5
• 14.1.6
• 14.1.7
• 14.1.8
• 15.1.0
• 15.1.1

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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