{"id":64318,"date":"2025-08-26T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:50:58","slug":"cve-2025-43594-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43594-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-43594: Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in InDesign Desktop<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recent discovery of a significant vulnerability in InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 and earlier has raised alarm in the cybersecurity world. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-43594, is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could potentially allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. With the widespread use of InDesign Desktop, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to users globally, placing their systems and sensitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72611\">data at risk of compromise or leakage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-43594<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6715-critical-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-latepoint-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78884\">Local File<\/a><br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21432-memory-corruption-vulnerability-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76805\">System compromise or data<\/a> leakage upon successful exploit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1275263731\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47136-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79696\">InDesign Desktop<\/a> | 19.5.3 and earlier<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47750-critical-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-v-sft\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73049\">out-of-bounds write<\/a> issue, occurs when specially crafted data is processed by an affected version of InDesign Desktop. When a user opens a malicious file, the software fails to properly restrict the boundaries of a buffer, allowing an attacker to write <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27052-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-unix-clients-processing-data-packets\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74100\">data outside of the allocated memory<\/a>. This can lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27031-memory-corruption-via-ioctl-commands-processing\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71589\">corruption of adjacent memory<\/a> and could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-721859065\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>In a conceptual scenario, an attacker might create a malicious InDesign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55345-arbitrary-file-overwrite-and-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-codex-cli\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76804\">file with embedded code<\/a> like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;Root&gt;\n&lt;BufferOverflow&gt;\n&lt;Data&gt;malicious_code_here&lt;\/Data&gt;\n&lt;\/BufferOverflow&gt;\n&lt;\/Root&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The &#8216;malicious_code_here&#8217; represents a harmful payload that will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53415-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-delta-electronics-dtm-soft-project-file-parsing\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79094\">executed once the file<\/a> is opened by a user. This could be designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50160-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-rras-posing-system-compromise-risk\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78639\">compromise the system<\/a> or enable data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are strongly advised to apply the vendor-supplied patch for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54742-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-wpevently-leading-to-possible-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86530\">vulnerability as soon as possible<\/a>. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The recent discovery of a significant vulnerability in InDesign Desktop versions 19.5.3 and earlier has raised alarm in the cybersecurity world. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-43594, is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could potentially allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. 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