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Security incident · CVE-2025-61842

Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure.

Published Nov 11, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · format plugins

Open the advisory

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-61842. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare format plugins with the linked advisory before you change production.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
  • EPSS is missing. A missing score is not a low risk.
Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
Awaiting synchronization with FIRST
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe adobe/format plugins · stated format plugins

Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/format pluginsversion unspecified
  • stated format plugins<= 1.1.1

How to fix CVE-2025-61842

  • Recommended remediation

    Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-61842. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare format plugins with the linked advisory before you change production.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with format plugins <= 1.1.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS is not on this record yet. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 11, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

  2. Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Sources

  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-61842

    Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.