CVE-2026-84396· NVD / CVE Program· CNA adobe

InDesign Desktop | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)

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.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

EUVD-2026-84751

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Published: Sep 22, 2026
Updated: Sep 26, 2026
EPSS: 0.1% · 3th percentile
CWE: CWE-476

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Low priority for now.

CVSS: 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

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NVD: —
CNA · adobe: 5.5; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

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Adobe InDesign Desktop
- 21.6, 20.5.5not affected
- up to and including 21.5affected · semver
- up to and including 20.5.4affected · semver

Same product

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope