CVE-2021-45059 (GCVE-0-2021-45059)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-13 20:27
Modified
2025-04-23 19:12
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free ()
Summary
Adobe InDesign version 16.4 (and earlier) is affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of a JPEG2000 file 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.
References
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Impacted products
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