Bulletin ID
Last updated on
12 Nov 2021
Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB21-107
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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APSB21-107 |
October 26, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Affected versions
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Product |
Affected version |
Platform |
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Adobe InDesign |
16.4 and earlier versions |
Windows and macOS |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their software installations via the Creative Cloud desktop app updater, or by navigating to the InDesign Help menu and clicking "Updates." For more information, please reference this help page.
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Product |
Updated version |
Platform |
Priority rating |
Availability |
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Adobe InDesign |
17.0 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability Details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Number |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) |
Application denial-of-service |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2021-40743 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-42732 |
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Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-42731 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
(hy350) HY350 of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-40743
(yjdfy) CQY of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-42732
(cff_123) CFF of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-42731
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com