{"id":73418,"date":"2025-09-09T06:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:23:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:01:56","slug":"cve-2025-47123-adobe-framemaker-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47123-adobe-framemaker-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-47123: Adobe Framemaker Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post provides a detailed analysis of a serious vulnerability identified in Adobe Framemaker, marked as CVE-2025-47123. Adobe Framemaker, a desktop publishing software product widely used for writing and editing large or complex documents, is affected by a significant Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in its versions 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier. This issue is of particular concern as it could result in arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54948-pre-authenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-apex-one\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81145\">code execution<\/a> in the context of the current user. The implications of this vulnerability are considerable, as it provides a gateway for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82937\">potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-47123<br \/>\nSeverity: High severity | CVSS score: 7.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: File-based<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40739-code-execution-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2025\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81553\">code execution<\/a>, potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1100467053\" 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-2025-47124-adobe-framemaker-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86316\">Adobe Framemaker<\/a> | 2020.8 and earlier<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47121-adobe-framemaker-uninitialized-pointer-exploit\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86585\">Adobe Framemaker<\/a> | 2022.6 and earlier<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Heap-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9245-high-risk-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-linksys-extenders\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81047\">Buffer Overflow vulnerability<\/a> in Adobe Framemaker can be exploited when a user opens a malicious file. The attacker creates a file designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47169-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-word\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81996\">overflow the heap buffer<\/a> when processed by Adobe Framemaker. This overflow can corrupt data, crash the application, or allow the attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54997-unauthorized-code-execution-in-openbao-through-log-prefix-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81631\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>. The last potential outcome is particularly dangerous, as it means the attacker can execute commands on the system with the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20093-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-intel-r-800-series-ethernet-kernel-mode-driver\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81007\">privileges as the user running the vulnerable<\/a> software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2332934658\" 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>A conceptual example of this exploit could look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">$ # Attacker creates a malicious file\n$ echo &quot;overflow data&quot; &gt; malicious_file.fmk\n$ # Victim opens the malicious file in Adobe Framemaker\n$ open -a Adobe\\ Framemaker malicious_file.fmk<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `overflow data` is a placeholder for actual overflow-inducing data. The exact nature of this data would depend on specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25174-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-beeteam368-extensions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81108\">vulnerabilities in the software&#8217;s file<\/a> parsing code. The `open` command represents a user opening the file using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47129-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-adobe-framemaker-with-potential-for-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86883\">Adobe Framemaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post provides a detailed analysis of a serious vulnerability identified in Adobe Framemaker, marked as CVE-2025-47123. Adobe Framemaker, a desktop publishing software product widely used for writing and editing large or complex documents, is affected by a significant Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in its versions 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier. 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