Bulletin ID
Last updated on
29 Mar 2023
Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB23-12
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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APSB23-12 |
February 14, 2023 |
3 |
Summary
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InDesign. This update addresses an important vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to application denial-of-service.
Affected versions
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Product |
Affected version |
Platform |
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Adobe InDesign |
ID18.1 and earlier version. |
Windows and macOS |
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Adobe InDesign |
ID17.4 and earlier version. |
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 |
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Adobe InDesign |
ID18.2.1 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
|
Adobe InDesign |
ID17.4.1 |
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-2023-21593 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Chen Qingyang (yjdfy) - CVE-2023-21593
Revisions:
March 17, 2023: Solution version revised to ID18.2.1
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com