Medium severity · published Oct 21, 2020
CVE-2020-24421
Adobe InDesign version 15.1.2 (and earlier) is affected by a NULL pointer dereference bug that occurs when handling a malformed .indd file
5.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe InDesign version 15.1.2 (and earlier) is affected by a NULL pointer dereference bug that occurs when handling a malformed .indd file. The impact is limited to causing a denial-of-service of the client application. User interaction is required to exploit this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
Indesign · Adobe
through 15.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24421
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24421
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb20-66.html
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