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CVE-2024-49549: 
Adobe InDesign vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-49549 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Adobe InDesign Desktop versions ID19.5, ID18.5.4 and earlier. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 10, 2024, and could potentially lead to disclosure of sensitive memory (NVD, Adobe Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an out-of-bounds read issue (CWE-125) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). The attack vector is local (AV:L), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but needs user interaction (UI:R). The scope is unchanged (S:U) with high confidentiality impact (C:H) but no impact on integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to the disclosure of sensitive memory information. Additionally, attackers could potentially leverage this vulnerability to bypass security mitigations such as Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in their security update. Users are advised to update to the latest version of InDesign that patches this vulnerability (Adobe Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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