Adobe InDesign Desktop up to 18.5.3/19.5 out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Adobe InDesign Desktop up to 18.5.3/19.5. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-49510. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe InDesign Desktop up to 18.5.3/19.5 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

InDesign Desktop versions ID18.5.3, ID19.5 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-49510 since 10/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211463 (Adobe InDesign < 18.5.4 / 19.x < 20.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB24-88)), 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 (211463). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• InDesign Desktop

Version

• 18.5.0
• 18.5.1
• 18.5.2
• 18.5.3
• 19.0
• 19.1
• 19.2
• 19.3
• 19.4
• 19.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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