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

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Bridge up to 14.1.8/15.1.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component File Handler. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-54278. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Bridge up to 14.1.8/15.1.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Bridge versions 14.1.8, 15.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information stored in memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-54278 since 07/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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-2025-34492). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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