Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Adobe InCopy can be compromised if a user opens a specially crafted malicious file. Successful exploitation could let an attacker run code with that user’s permissions, putting documents, credentials, and workstation integrity at risk.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority endpoint remediation issue for publishing, marketing, and document-production teams. Business urgency comes from potential code execution after a single malicious file open, not from confirmed active exploitation.
Technical view
CVE-2022-30654 is a heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe InCopy font parsing. The CVSS 3.0 score is 7.8. The attack vector is local with required user interaction, no privileges required, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on workstations running Adobe InCopy 17.2 or earlier, or 16.4.1 or earlier, especially where users open externally supplied design or document files.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not cite active exploitation, and KEV status is false. Exploitation requires convincing a victim to open a malicious file, so phishing or file-sharing workflows are the plausible delivery context.
Researcher notes
The evidence supports heap overflow, arbitrary code execution as the current user, affected version ranges, and required user interaction. The provided bundle does not include exploit-in-the-wild evidence, proof-of-concept details, or explicit fixed versions.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Adobe InCopy installations and versions across user workstations.
- Review Adobe APSB22-29 for vendor-provided update or mitigation guidance.
- Prioritize remediation for users handling external design or publishing files.
- Limit opening of untrusted files until affected systems are remediated.
- Remove InCopy from endpoints where it is not business-required.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any endpoint runs InCopy 17.2 or earlier.
- Confirm whether any endpoint runs InCopy 16.4.1 or earlier.
- Check software management records against Adobe APSB22-29 guidance.
- Review email and file-sharing controls for risky external file intake.
- Document remaining exceptions and compensating controls.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
7.8HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb22-29.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Heap-based Buffer Overflow represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.