Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-39820Adobe InDesign Memory Corruption Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 3.6% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.6%top 10.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe InDesign versions 16.3 (and earlier), and 16.3.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious TIFF file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe InDesign 0 – through 16.3.2

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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