Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB23-55

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB23-55

November 14, 2023 

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InDesign.  This update addresses important and moderate vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to application denial-of-service and memory leak.

Affected versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Adobe InDesign

ID18.5 and earlier version.

Windows and macOS 

Adobe InDesign

ID17.4.2 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

ID19.0 

Windows and macOS

3

Adobe InDesign

ID18.5.1

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-2023-44341

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2023-44342

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2023-44343

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2023-44344

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Memory leak

Moderate

4.3

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

CVE-2023-44345

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2023-44346

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-2023-44347

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:   

  • anonymous - CVE-2023-44341, CVE-2023-44342, CVE-2023-44343, CVE-2023-44344, CVE-2023-44345, CVE-2023-44346, CVE-2023-44347

NOTE: Adobe has a private, invite-only, bug bounty program with HackerOne. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please fill out this form for next steps.


For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com

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