Adobe DNG SDK up to 1.7.0 File heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe DNG SDK up to 1.7.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-64784. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe DNG SDK up to 1.7.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part 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. The summary by CVE is:

DNG SDK versions 1.7.0 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure or application denial of service. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive memory information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-64784 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/10/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0569). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Google Android

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• Adobe

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• DNG SDK

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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