CVE-2023-44341: Adobe InDesign CC 2023 Memory Corruption Vulnerability I

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

Adobe InDesign versions ID18.5 (and earlier) and ID17.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

Adobe InDesign Desktop: through 17.4.2; from 18.0 before 18.5.1 — fixed in 18.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe InDesign Desktop 18.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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