Medium severity · published Aug 14, 2024
CVE-2024-39395
Adobe Indesign 2024 DOC File Parsing Null Pointer Dereference
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
InDesign Desktop versions ID19.4, ID18.5.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to an application denial-of-service (DoS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, resulting in a DoS condition. 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: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)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ID
InDesign Desktop · Adobe
through ID18.5.2 · source: vendor
IN
Indesign · Adobe
before 18.5.3; 19.0 before 19.5 · source: NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39395
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39395
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb24-56.html
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