Vulnerability · Published Feb 16, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2022-23198Adobe Illustrator NULL Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Illustrator from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Illustrator versions 25.4.3 (and earlier) and 26.0.2 (and earlier) are affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service 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)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Illustrator	unspecified – through 25.4.3unspecified – through 26.0.2unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb22-07.html x_refsource_MISC