CVE-2025-61842 Format Plugins | Use After Free (CWE-416)
An attacker can disclose sensitive information by tricking a user into opening a malicious file in Adobe Format Plugins.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-61842?
CVE-2025-61842 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Format Plugins, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61842?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Format Plugins.
How do I fix CVE-2025-61842?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61842 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2025-61842 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Format Plugins
- CVE-2026-48372 Format Plugins | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-48291 Format Plugins | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-48292 Format Plugins | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2025-61837 Format Plugins | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2025-61838 Format Plugins | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcp5-x2w7-m64h.