# CVE-2025-61838: Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-61838-format-plugins-versions-1-1-1-and-earlier-are-affected-by-a-heap  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-11  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-61838 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.8 · Published 2025-11-11

Format Plugins versions 1.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Technologies: [Adobe Format Plugins](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/format-plugins). Vendors: [Adobe](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/adobe).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-61838 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-61838 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-61838?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 11 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Adobe Format Plugins. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-61838?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-61838?** Check whether you run Adobe Format Plugins. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Adobe Format Plugins

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