Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB22-50

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB22-50

September 13, 2022 

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InDesign.  This update addresses multiple critical and important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, arbitrary file system read
and memory leak.  

Affected versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Adobe InDesign

17.3 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS 

Adobe InDesign

16.4.2 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS 

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their software installations via the Creative Cloud desktop app updater, or by navigating to the InDesign Help menu and clicking "Updates." For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

Adobe InDesign

17.4

Windows and macOS

3

Adobe InDesign

16.4.3

Windows and macOS

3

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Number

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Arbitrary file system read

Critical

7.5

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

CVE-2022-28851*

*This CVE is only available in the latest version, ID 17.4

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

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

CVE-2022-28852

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

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

CVE-2022-28853

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Imortant

5.5

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

CVE-2022-28854

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-28855

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-28856

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-28857

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-30671

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-30672

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-30673

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-30674

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-30675

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Important

5.5

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

CVE-2022-30676

Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

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

CVE-2022-38413

Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

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

CVE-2022-38414

Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

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

CVE-2022-38415

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

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

CVE-2022-38416

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

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

CVE-2022-38417

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:   

 

  • Yonghui Han (tmgr)--CVE-2022-28852, CVE-2022-28853, CVE-2022-28854, CVE-2022-28855, CVE-2022-28856, CVE-2022-28857, CVE-2022-30671, CVE-2022-30672, CVE-2022-30673, CVE-2022-30674, CVE-2022-30675, CVE-2022-30676
  • Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2022-38413, CVE-2022-38414, CVE-2022-38415, CVE-2022-38416, CVE-2022-38417

 

 

Revisions:

  • July 13, 2022: Bulletin APSB22-30 revised to include (CVE-2022-34245, CVE-2022-34246, CVE-2022-34247, CVE-2022-34248)





For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com

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