CVE-2021-42731

Description

Adobe InDesign versions 16.4 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.969

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-42731 are affected in Adobe Indesign 16.4(x64)Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-42731 are affected in Adobe InDesign 16.4Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Adobe InDesign 16.9Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-40743,CVE-2021-42732,CVE-2021-42731 are fixed in Adobe InDesign for Mac 17.0Mac

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234