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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-9727

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in InDesign 15.1.1 (and earlier versions).

HIGH 7.8EPSS 3.11%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in InDesign 15.1.1 (and earlier versions). Insecure handling of a malicious indd file could be abused to cause an out-of-bounds memory access, potentially resulting in code execution in the context of the current user.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.11% probability · 88th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-788, CWE-787
Affected
adobe/indesign
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.11%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.