CVE-2021-39821 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe InDesign versions 16.3 (and earlier), and 16.3.1 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious TIF file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02569.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adobe

InDesign

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 16.3
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 16.3.2
`unspecified`	affected	≤ None

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Adobe Subscribe	Indesign Subscribe
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb21-73.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-09-29T15:36:44.699Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:26:46.894Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39821

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:33.360Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-29T16:15:08.040

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:20:18.470

Link: CVE-2021-39821

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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