What is the severity of CVE-2024-41854?

CVE-2024-41854 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for disclosing sensitive memory.

How do I fix CVE-2024-41854?

To mitigate CVE-2024-41854, update Adobe InDesign to version 19.5 or later, or to version 18.5.3 or later.

Which versions of Adobe InDesign are affected by CVE-2024-41854?

CVE-2024-41854 affects Adobe InDesign versions 19.4 and 18.5.2 and earlier.

What could an attacker achieve by exploiting CVE-2024-41854?

An attacker exploiting CVE-2024-41854 could potentially bypass mitigations like ASLR and access sensitive memory.

Is this vulnerability specific to any operating systems?

CVE-2024-41854 affects Adobe InDesign on both macOS and Windows, but the operating systems themselves are not vulnerable.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2024-41854

medium

5.5

CWE

125

14/8/2024

19/8/2024

CVE-2024-41854: Adobe Indesign 2024 PDF File parsing memory corruption

First published: Wed Aug 14 2024(Updated: )

InDesign Desktop versions ID19.4, ID18.5.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Credit: psirt@adobe.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
All of
Any of
Adobe InDesign 2025	<18.5.3
Adobe InDesign 2025	>=19.0<19.5
Any of
macOS
Microsoft Windows Operating System

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Reference Links

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb24-56.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-41854?
CVE-2024-41854 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for disclosing sensitive memory.
How do I fix CVE-2024-41854?
To mitigate CVE-2024-41854, update Adobe InDesign to version 19.5 or later, or to version 18.5.3 or later.
Which versions of Adobe InDesign are affected by CVE-2024-41854?
CVE-2024-41854 affects Adobe InDesign versions 19.4 and 18.5.2 and earlier.
What could an attacker achieve by exploiting CVE-2024-41854?
An attacker exploiting CVE-2024-41854 could potentially bypass mitigations like ASLR and access sensitive memory.
Is this vulnerability specific to any operating systems?
CVE-2024-41854 affects Adobe InDesign on both macOS and Windows, but the operating systems themselves are not vulnerable.

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