CVE-2025-27179

March 11, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

InDesign Desktop versions ID20.1, ID19.5.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Adobe
  • Indesign
  • 20.1, 19.5.2

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.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a adobe indesign 20.1 / / / / / / /
a adobe indesign 19.5.2 / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: March 11, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: March 11, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

More info

Source

psirt@adobe.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.