CVE-2021-36004: Adobe Indesign

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe InDesign version 16.0 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the CoolType library. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve remote 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.

Affected products

• Adobe Indesign: up to and including 16.0

Published 2021-07-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.