InDesign Desktop | Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)_CVE-2026-21275

7.8 / 10

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

InDesign Desktop versions 21.0, 19.5.5 and earlier are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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 file.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-21275

Source adobe

Published Jan 13, 2026 at 18:35

Modified Jan 13, 2026 at 19:05

Affected Product

Vendor Adobe

Product InDesign Desktop

Affected Versions Adobe InDesign Desktop 0

CWE Classification

CWE-824

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/indesign/apsb26-02.html

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