FKIE_CVE-2023-21593

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-02-17 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:33
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Adobe InDesign versions ID18.1 (and earlier) and ID17.4 (and earlier) are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-12.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-12.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe indesign *
adobe indesign 18.0
adobe indesign 18.1
apple macos -
microsoft windows -
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