#VU9188 Memory corruption in Adobe InDesign - CVE-2017-11302

 

#VU9188 Memory corruption in Adobe InDesign - CVE-2017-11302

Published: November 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9188
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11302
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Adobe InDesign
Software vendor:
Adobe

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted .inx file, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


Remediation

Update to version 13.0.

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