Out-of-bounds memory access could lead to code execution

Published 6 y ago 2020-09-10 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.1%

percentile 88%

Public exploits

none known

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in InDesign 15.1.1 (and earlier versions). Insecure handling of a malicious indd file could be abused to cause an out-of-bounds memory access, potentially resulting in code execution in the context of the current user.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Adobe InDesign

Classification

Weakness

CWE-788 Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/indesign/apsb20-52.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2020-9727
NVD: CVE-2020-9727

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