Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2020 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2020-24421Adobe InDesign 15.1.2 NULL Pointer Dereference Bug

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in InDesign from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	InDesign	unspecified – through 15.1.2unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb20-66.html x_refsource_MISC