Memory corruption in Adobe InDesign - CVE-2017-11302
Published: November 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9188
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11302
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Adobe InDesign
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11302
Update to version 13.0.