PT-2020-4998 · Adobe · Indesign

Published 2020-09-08 · Updated 2021-09-14 · CVE-2020-9729

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions InDesign versions 15.1.1 and earlier

Description A memory corruption issue exists due to insecure handling of malicious indd files, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory access and code execution in the context of the current user. This could be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted file.

Recommendations For InDesign versions 15.1.1 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

CWE-788

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-05583

CVE-2020-9729

Affected Products

Indesign

References · 5

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb20-52.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9729 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05583 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/20856 · Telegram Post