CVE-2023-21587 Adobe InDesign Font Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2023-01-1300:00:00

CWE-122

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe

indesign

font parsing

vulnerability

buffer overflow

code execution

user interaction

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

77.7%

JSON

Adobe InDesign version 18.0 (and earlier), 17.4 (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.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "product": "InDesign",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "18.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "17.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]