Adobe InDesign Denial of Service Vulnerability (APSB23-12) - Windows
🗓️ 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe InDesign < 17.4.1 / 18.0 < 18.2.0 Application denial-of-service (APSB23-12) | 15 Feb 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Adobe InDesign < 17.4.1 / 18.0 < 18.2.0 Application denial-of-service (APSB23-12) (macOS) | 15 Feb 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| APSB23-12 : Security update available for Adobe InDesign | 14 Feb 202300:00 | – | adobe | |
| The vulnerability of Adobe InDesign’s computer layout automation tool, related to reading beyond the buffer in memory, allows attackers to trigger a service failure. | 11 Mar 202300:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2023-21593 | 18 Feb 202300:13 | – | circl | |
| Adobe InDesign 代码问题漏洞 | 15 Feb 202300:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| Adobe InDesign Denial of Service Vulnerability | 17 Feb 202300:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2023-21593 | 17 Feb 202300:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2023-21593 Adobe InDesign SVG file NULL Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service | 17 Feb 202300:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2023-25760 | 3 Oct 202520:07 | – | euvd |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:indesign_server";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.826925");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-21593");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-02-17 22:15:00 +0000 (Fri, 17 Feb 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-02-16 12:12:21 +0530 (Thu, 16 Feb 2023)");
script_name("Adobe InDesign Denial of Service Vulnerability (APSB23-12) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The host is missing an important security
update according to Adobe InDesign February 2023 update.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to a NULL Pointer Dereference
error.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to cause denial of service on the system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe InDesign 18.1 and earlier versions,
17.4 and earlier versions on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update Adobe InDesign to version 18.2 or
17.4.1 or later.Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-12.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_adobe_indesign_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/InDesign/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: vers, test_version: "17.0", test_version2: "17.4")) {
fix = "17.4.1";
}
if (version_in_range(version: vers, test_version: "18.0", test_version2: "18.1")) {
fix = "18.2";
}
if(fix) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: vers, fixed_version: fix, install_path: path);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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12 Sep 2025 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00339
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