Zero-Day Advisory
Fortinet Discovers Adobe InDesign Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Summary
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe InDesign.
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing and typesetting application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books and ebooks.
A memory corruption vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe InDesign. The vulnerability exists because the vulnerable software can't correctly parse a crafted INDD file which causes an out-of-bounds memory access. It could allow malicious users to create code execution scenarios.
Solutions
FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:Adobe.InDesign.CVE-2020-9731.Memory.Corruption
Released Aug 12, 2020
Use the solution provided by Adobe.
Timeline
Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Adobe on July 1, 2020.
Adobe confirmed the vulnerability on August 12, 2020.
Adobe patched the vulnerability on September 8, 2020.