CVE-2026-84396 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

InDesign Desktop is affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Indesign Desktop

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References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb26-145.html

History

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Adobe Adobe indesign Desktop
Vendors & Products		Adobe Adobe indesign Desktop

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		InDesign Desktop is affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Title		InDesign Desktop \| NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Weaknesses		CWE-476
References		https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb26-145.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2026-09-22T18:33:25.676Z

Updated: 2026-09-26T00:02:38.227Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T16:49:48.598Z

Link: CVE-2026-84396

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-26T00:02:33.699Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-22T19:16:54.390

Modified: 2026-09-26T01:17:02.820

Link: CVE-2026-84396

Redhat

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