High severity · published Jul 30, 2021
CVE-2021-36004
Adobe InDesign version 16.0 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the CoolType library
8.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe InDesign version 16.0 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the CoolType library. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
Indesign · Adobe
through 16.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36004
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36004
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb21-22.html
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