CVE-2024-41836

July 23, 2024, 12:15 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

InDesign Desktop versions ID18.5.2, ID19.3 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to an application denial-of-service (DoS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, resulting in a denial of service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
InDesign Desktop
  • id18.5.2
  • id19.3
  • earlier

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb24-48.html

Tags

psirt@adobe.com
CWE-476
2024-07-23
CVE-2024-41836

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Timeline

Published: July 23, 2024, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: July 23, 2024, 12:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

psirt@adobe.com

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