Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2026-21288Illustrator | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Illustrator Desktop 2025 from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption to services. 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 Desktop 2026	0 – through 30.0
Adobe	Illustrator Desktop 2025	0 – through 29.8.3

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/apsb26-03.html vendor-advisory