CVE-2025-61841
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 · uneditedFormat Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access sensitive memory information. 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 · moderate confidenceFormat Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows attackers to read sensitive memory contents by crafting a malicious file that triggers the vulnerability when opened by a victim.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 dataall versionsCVSS 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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Check if Adobe Format Plugins are installedLook for Format Plugins in common Adobe application plugin directories (e.g., Plug-ins folder in Photoshop, Illustrator, or other Creative Cloud applications) or search for files named 'Format Plugins' or similar patterns in the application directory.Affected if Format Plugins folder or components exist on the system
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Identify the installed version of Format PluginsCheck the version information in the plugin file metadata, version.txt, or the plugin manifest. Look at file properties or readme files included with the Format Plugins installation.Affected if Version is 1.1.1 or earlier (all versions up to and including 1.1.1 are affected)
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Determine which applications load Format PluginsIdentify Adobe applications or other software that utilize Format Plugins for file processing. Check application plugin directories or configuration files that reference Format Plugins.Affected if Any application loads or uses Format Plugins to handle file formats
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Confirm file processing capability is accessibleVerify that Format Plugins can be invoked when opening files. This is the default behavior when opening files that Format Plugins handle in supported Adobe applications.Affected if Users can open files through applications that use Format Plugins (this is the attack vector)
You are affected if Format Plugins are installed and users can open files using applications that invoke these plugins to process file formats.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate Format Plugins to a version newer than 1.1.1 when available. Until then, avoid opening files from untrusted sources.
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- Review / QA2.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-61841 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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