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Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-69627 is a high-severity memory safety flaw reported in Nitro PDF Pro for Windows 14.41.1.4. The issue can cause crashes and, by CVSS rating, has potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Public sources do not show known exploitation or a named patch.
Executive priority
Treat as a near-term workstation risk where Nitro PDF Pro is deployed, especially for users handling external PDFs. Prioritize inventory and vendor update tracking. Do not assume active exploitation from current public evidence.
Technical view
The vulnerability is a heap use-after-free in the JavaScript method this.mailDoc(). An internal XID object is freed too early, then reused by UI and logging helper functions. Downstream routines such as wcscmp() may process stale or invalid pointers, causing access violations and non-deterministic crashes. It is mapped to CWE-416.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to environments running Nitro PDF Pro for Windows 14.41.1.4, based on the title and advisory description. The CVE affected-product metadata is incomplete, listing vendor and product as n/a, so broader version exposure cannot be confirmed from the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The CVSS vector is local, low complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction, with high CIA impact. The description references attacker-controlled JavaScript strings, but public sources provided do not include exploit availability or active exploitation. CISA KEV status is false in the bundle.
Researcher notes
Evidence is centered on one public advisory and CVE data. Affected-product metadata is incomplete despite the title naming Nitro PDF Pro for Windows 14.41.1.4. No public fix, exploit status, or broader affected-version range is provided in the supplied sources.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Nitro PDF Pro for Windows installations and identify version 14.41.1.4.
- Check Nitro/vendor guidance and the JeroScope advisory for updates or fixed versions.
- Prioritize remediation on workstations handling untrusted PDF files.
- If no fix is available, consider limiting use of the affected version.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed Nitro PDF Pro for Windows version on managed endpoints.
- Compare findings against CVE-2025-69627 and JeroScope advisory details.
- Review endpoint crash telemetry for Nitro PDF Pro access violations.
- Track vendor advisories for corrected affected-version and remediation information.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.55.9CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.4HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://jeroscope.com/advisories/2025/jero-2025-016/CVE reference, mitre
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Use After Free
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