Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB23-12

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

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

Product

Affected version

Platform

Adobe InDesign

ID18.1 and earlier version.

Windows and macOS 

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.

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

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

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Number

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

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