CVE-2022-30671: 
Adobe InDesign vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2022-30671 is an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability discovered in Adobe InDesign, specifically affecting the decoding of QuarkXPress Drawing (QXD) files. The vulnerability was discovered in mid-June 2022 and was officially patched on September 13, 2022. It affects Adobe InDesign 2022 version 17.3 and earlier, as well as Adobe InDesign 2021 version 16.4.2 and earlier on Windows platforms (Fortinet Blog).

The vulnerability is classified as an Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) with an Important severity rating. The technical root cause stems from improper bounds checking during the processing of malformed QXD files in Adobe InDesign, which can lead to out-of-bounds memory read operations (Adobe Security, Fortinet Blog).

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to leak sensitive information within the context of the application through the use of a specially crafted QXD file (Fortinet Blog).

Adobe has released security patches to address this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to update to the latest version of Adobe InDesign. Additionally, Fortinet customers are protected through the IPS signature Adobe.InDesign.CVE-2022-30671.Memory.Leak, and FortiEDR provides detection and prevention capabilities against exploitation attempts (Fortinet Blog, Adobe Security).