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Recent Adobe InDesign Security Advisories

Advisory Title Published
APSB25-106 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB25-106 November 11, 2025
APSB25-79 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB25-79 August 12, 2025
APSB25-60 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB25-60 July 8, 2025
APSB25-53 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB25-53 June 10, 2025
APSB25-37 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB25-37 May 13, 2025
APSB25-19 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB25-19 March 11, 2025
APSB25-01 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB25-01 February 11, 2025
APSB24-97 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB24-97 December 10, 2024
APSB24-91 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB24-91 November 21, 2024
APSB24-88 Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB24-88 November 12, 2024

By the Year

In 2025 there have been 52 vulnerabilities in Adobe InDesign with an average score of 7.2 out of ten. Last year, in 2024 InDesign had 45 security vulnerabilities published. That is, 7 more vulnerabilities have already been reported in 2025 as compared to last year. However, the average CVE base score of the vulnerabilities in 2025 is greater by 0.56.

Year Vulnerabilities Average Score
2025 52 7.18
2024 45 6.62
2023 2 5.50

It may take a day or so for new InDesign vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.

Recent Adobe InDesign Security Vulnerabilities

Adobe InDesign Desktop Use-After-Free (UAF) before 20.5
CVE-2025-61815 7.8 - High - November 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.5, 19.5.5 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Dangling pointer

Adobe InDesign UAF Vulnerability (20.5/19.5.5)
CVE-2025-61814 7.8 - High - November 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.5, 19.5.5 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Dangling pointer

Adobe InDesign Desktop 20.5/19.5.5 & Earlier: Heap Buffer Overflow
CVE-2025-61824 7.8 - High - November 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.5, 19.5.5 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Heap Overflow in Adobe InDesign Desktop (20.5) Arbitrary Exec
CVE-2025-61832 7.8 - High - November 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.5, 19.5.5 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

InDesign Desktop before 20.4 UAF
CVE-2025-54224 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Dangling pointer

Adobe InDesign OOB Write v20.4 and earlier
CVE-2025-54206 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign RCE via Uninitialized Pointer (v20.4, v19.5.4 and prior)
CVE-2025-54207 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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.

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

RCE via OOB Write in Adobe InDesign <20.5
CVE-2025-54208 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

InDesign Desktop Heap Buffer Overflow v20.4/19.5.4 and earlier
CVE-2025-54209 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Adobe InDesign OOB Write in Desktop 20.4/19.5.4 (before 20.4)
CVE-2025-54210 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign Heap BF in versions <20.4
CVE-2025-54211 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Adobe InDesign 20.4 Heap Buffer Overflow (malicious file)
CVE-2025-54212 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Adobes InDesign Out-of-Bounds Write (20.4/19.5.4)
CVE-2025-54213 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

InDesign Desktop UAF in versions <=20.4, 19.5.4 & earlier
CVE-2025-54225 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Dangling pointer

Adobe InDesign Desktop UAF in 20.4/19.5.4
CVE-2025-54226 7.8 - High - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Dangling pointer

Adobe InDesign OOB Read (CVE-2025-54214) – Desktop <20.4
CVE-2025-54214 5.5 - Medium - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Out-of-bounds Read

InDesign OOB Read (CVE-2025-54227) Mem Disclosure v<=20.4
CVE-2025-54227 5.5 - Medium - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Out-of-bounds Read

Adobe InDesign 20.4 OOB Read Disclosure
CVE-2025-54228 5.5 - Medium - August 12, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Out-of-bounds Read

Integer Underflow <19.5.3 causing code exec in Adobe InDesign Desktop
CVE-2025-47136 7.8 - High - July 08, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) 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.

Integer underflow

Adobe InDesign Desktop <=19.5.3 Heap Overflow: Arbitrary Code Execution
CVE-2025-43591 7.8 - High - July 08, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Adobe InDesign Desktop <19.5.3 Vulnerability: Access of Uninitialized Pointer
CVE-2025-43592 7.8 - High - July 08, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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.

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

InDesign Desktop Heap-based Overflow 19.5.3 and earlier
CVE-2025-47103 7.8 - High - July 08, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Adobe InDesign 19.5.3 Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-47134)
CVE-2025-47134 7.8 - High - July 08, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Adobe InDesign Desktop OOB Write in 19.5.3 or earlier for arbitrary code exec
CVE-2025-43594 7.8 - High - July 08, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign Desktop <20.2 UAF in File Parser bypassing ASLR
CVE-2025-47106 5.5 - Medium - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Dangling pointer

Adobe InDesign Desktop <=20.2 OOB Read Exposes Memory & Might Bypass ASLR
CVE-2025-47105 5.5 - Medium - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Out-of-bounds Read

Adobe InDesign Desktop OOB Read CVE-2025-47104 (ID20.2 and earlier)
CVE-2025-47104 5.5 - Medium - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Out-of-bounds Read

Adobe InDesign Desktop OOB Write CVE-2025-43593 Before 20.2
CVE-2025-43593 7.8 - High - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign <20.2 OOB Write Allows Arbitrary Exec
CVE-2025-43590 7.8 - High - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign <=20.2 Use-After-Free Yields Arbitrary Code Exec
CVE-2025-43589 7.8 - High - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Dangling pointer

Adobe InDesign OOB Write vID20.2–ID19.5.3 – Arbitrary Code Exec
CVE-2025-43558 7.8 - High - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign Desktop <=20.2 NULL Pointer Deref
CVE-2025-30321 5.5 - Medium - June 10, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.2, ID19.5.3 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption in service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Adobe InDesign Desktop <=20.2 Heap Buffer Overflow / Arbitrary Code Exec
CVE-2025-30317 7.8 - High - June 10, 2025

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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

InDesign Desktop NULL Pointer Deref before ID20.2 Causes DoS
CVE-2025-30320 5.5 - Medium - May 13, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID19.5.2, ID20.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption in service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

NULL Pointer Dereference

InDesign Desktop OOB Write (ID19.5.2/ID20.2-) CVE-2025-30318
CVE-2025-30318 7.8 - High - May 13, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID19.5.2, ID20.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

InDesign <=20.2 NULL Pointer Deref -> Application DoS
CVE-2025-30319 5.5 - Medium - May 13, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID19.5.2, ID20.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing a disruption in service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Adobe InDesign Desktop NPD Vulnerability ID20.1 & Earlier
CVE-2025-27179 5.5 - Medium - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Adobe InDesign NULL Pointer Dereference (ID20.1/earlier)
CVE-2025-27176 5.5 - Medium - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

NULL Pointer Dereference

InDesign Desktop OOB Write CVE-2025-27178 < ID20.1
CVE-2025-27178 7.8 - High - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

InDesign Desktop Heap Overflow ID20.1/ID19.5.2 (CVE-2025-27177)
CVE-2025-27177 7.8 - High - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 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.

Memory Corruption

InDesign Desktop OOBW (Arbitrary Exec) ID20.1+
CVE-2025-27175 7.8 - High - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign Desktop ID20.1 Heap Buffer Overflow CVE-2025-27171
CVE-2025-27171 7.8 - High - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 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.

Memory Corruption

InDesign Desktop OOB Write CVE-2025-27166 (Before v20.1)
CVE-2025-27166 7.8 - High - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Heap Overflow in Adobe InDesign 20.1 (CVE-2025-24453)
CVE-2025-24453 7.8 - High - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign Desktop OOB Write CVE-2025-24452 (ID19.5.2 ID20.1)
CVE-2025-24452 7.8 - High - March 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign Desktop OOB Read ID20.0 Exploit via File
CVE-2025-21124 5.5 - Medium - February 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.0, ID19.5.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Out-of-bounds Read

Adobe InDesign Improper Input Validation in UI leads to DoS (before ID20.0)
CVE-2025-21126 5.5 - Medium - February 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.0, ID19.5.1 and earlier are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Improper Input Validation

Adobe InDesign Desktop NULL Deref DoS (ID20.0+)
CVE-2025-21125 5.5 - Medium - February 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.0, ID19.5.1 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Adobe InDesign <=20.0: Heap B.O.F. via Malicious File
CVE-2025-21123 7.8 - High - February 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.0, ID19.5.1 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.

Memory Corruption

Adobe InDesign Desktop <20.0 OOB Write in File Parser
CVE-2025-21121 7.8 - High - February 11, 2025

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.0, ID19.5.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Memory Corruption

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