CVE-2023-21589 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe InDesign version 18.0 (and earlier), 17.4 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Indesign
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign:18.0:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-07.html

History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T19:35:26.920Z

Reserved: 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-21589

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:44:01.441Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-13T20:15:13.473

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:43:08.470

Link: CVE-2023-21589

Redhat

No data.

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