CVE-2020-24421

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

Adobe InDesign version 15.1.2 (and earlier) is affected by a NULL pointer dereference bug that occurs when handling a malformed .indd file. The impact is limited to causing a denial-of-service of the client application. User interaction is required to exploit this issue.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-24421

Assigner
psirt@adobe.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-10-21T22:15:12

Last Modified Date
2021-12-10T19:37:57

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-476	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign::::::::	1	OR	15.1.2
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb20-66.html	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24421
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24421

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:41:42				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 00:49:13	2020-10-21T22:15Z	2020-10-21T22:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 00:49:13		2021-12-10T19:37:57	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 00:49:13		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated