Lightroom Desktop | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Lightroom Desktop versions 8.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27197
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qm39-vp2h-cc4j
References
More Adobe Lightroom vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-35796 Lightroom Classic | Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-35835 Lightroom Classic | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2020-07810 Uncontrolled search path in Adobe Lightroom CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35804 Lightroom Classic | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35803 Lightroom Classic | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35802 Lightroom Classic | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-27197 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27197 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qm39-vp2h-cc4j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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