Medium severity · published Nov 16, 2023
CVE-2023-44342
Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Memory Corruption Vulnerability II.
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe InDesign versions ID18.5 (and earlier) and ID17.4.2 (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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ID
InDesign Desktop · Adobe
through ID18.5 · source: vendor
IN
Indesign · Adobe
through 17.4.2; 18.0 before 18.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44342
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44342
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-55.html
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