Adobe InDesign buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe InDesign. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2021-40727. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe InDesign (Image Processing Software) (version now known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788

The weakness was released 06/16/2022 as apsb21-73. The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-40727 since 09/08/2021. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209411 (Adobe InDesign 16.0.0 < 16.4.0 Multiple Arbitrary code execution (APSB21-73) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209411). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 209411
Nessus Name: Adobe InDesign 16.0.0 < 16.4.0 Multiple Arbitrary code execution (APSB21-73) (macOS)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/08/2021 🔍
06/16/2022 +281 days 🔍
06/16/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2025 +1049 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb21-73
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-40727 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40727
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-202236

Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2022 10:01
Updated: 04/30/2025 18:59
Changes: 06/16/2022 10:01 (49), 10/29/2024 15:42 (16), 04/30/2025 18:59 (3)
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