CVE-2025-30306
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedXMP Toolkit versions 2023.12 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceXMP Toolkit versions 2023.12 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows reading memory beyond allocated buffer boundaries. This can expose sensitive memory contents and be leveraged to leak memory addresses, enabling attackers to bypass ASLR mitigation. Exploitation requires a victim to open a malicious file, indicating a client-side attack vector.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2025.03CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify applications using XMP ToolkitSearch for files named libxmpxmpkit, XMPToolkit, or xmp toolkit related DLLs/SOs on the system. Check application installation directories and common library paths. Review software manifests or dependency lists for XMP Toolkit references.Affected if Any application bundles or links to the XMP Toolkit library and the library version is below 2025.03
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Locate XMP Toolkit library filesSearch for library files with patterns such as libxmpxmpkit.*, XMPToolkit.*, or similar. Common locations include application bin directories, system lib folders, and SDK installation paths. Use file system search tools.Affected if The located library files are from version 2023.12 or earlier (versions prior to 2025.03)
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Extract XMP Toolkit version informationOpen the XMP Toolkit library file (DLL, SO, or framework) in a hex editor or use tools like strings/filep to extract embedded version metadata. Look for version strings in the format YYYY.MM (e.g., 2023.12) within the binary.Affected if Version string in the binary shows a version lower than 2025.03, such as 2023.12, 2023.x, or earlier
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Check SDK installation directoriesIf the XMP Toolkit SDK is installed directly, inspect the SDK installation directory for version markers. Look in SDK package contents, README files, or version info files included with the SDK distribution.Affected if SDK version is 2023.12 or any version prior to 2025.03
A system is affected if any XMP Toolkit library or SDK version installed is 2023.12 or earlier, meaning any version number below 2025.03.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2025.03
Update XMP Toolkit to a version newer than 2023.12. Since this is a library component, identify all applications and systems that incorporate the vulnerable XMP Toolkit version and ensure they are rebuilt and redeployed with the patched library.
XMP Toolkit SDK version 2025.03
- 1. Identify all deployments and applications using XMP Toolkit SDK versions 2023.12 or earlier
- 2. Obtain the latest version of XMP Toolkit SDK (2025.03 or later) from Adobe's official distribution channels
- 3. Update all affected installations to version 2025.03 or newer
- 4. Rebuild any applications that link against the XMP Toolkit library with the new version
- 5. Test that applications function correctly with the updated library
- 6. Distribute updated software to end users
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-30306 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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