Fortinet Discovers Adobe InDesign Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered an Out-of-bounds Write 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.

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe InDesign by FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability exists because the vulnerable software can't correctly parse a crafted QXD file which causes an out-of-bounds address access. It could allow malicious users to create arbitrary code execution scenarios.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Adobe.InDesign.CVE-2023-29308.Arbitrary.Code.Execution
Released Jun 12, 2023

Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Adobe on March 23, 2023.

Adobe confirmed the vulnerability on March 23, 2023.

Adobe patched the vulnerability on July 11, 2023.

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Yonghui Han of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-38.html
• CVE-2023-29308

IPS Subscription

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