Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-21048Adobe Photoshop Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Photoshop from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.1% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.1%top 12.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by a Memory Corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary 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 (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe Photoshop unspecified – through 22.1.1unspecified – through 21.2.4unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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