Headline
CVE-2023-47077: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe InDesign versions 19.0 (and earlier) and 17.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB23-70
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSB23-70
December 12, 2023
3
Summary
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InDesign. This update addresses important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to application denial-of-service and memory leak.
Affected versions
ID19.0 and earlier version.
ID17.4.2 and earlier version
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their software installations via the Creative Cloud desktop app updater, or by navigating to the InDesign Help menu and clicking “Updates.” For more information, please reference this help page.
Product
Updated version
Platform
Priority rating
Adobe InDesign
ID19.1
Windows and macOS
3
Adobe InDesign
ID18.5.1
Windows and macOS
3
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability Details
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Number
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Application denial-of-service
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2023-47076
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Memory leak
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2023-47077
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- anonymous - CVE-2023-47076, CVE-2023-47077
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