CVE-2020-9728 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe InDesign 15.1.1 and earlier versions on macOS. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted InDesign file, leading to an out-of-bounds memory access. This could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 15.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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