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2 vulnerabilities found for photoshop_2021 by adobe
CVE-2021-40709 (GCVE-0-2021-40709)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2021-09-27 15:43 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:27
VLAI
Title
Adobe Photoshop Buffer Overflow leads to Arbitrary Code Execution
Summary
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Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-120 - Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photosh… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
Date Public
2021-09-14 00:00
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CVE-2021-40709 (GCVE-0-2021-40709)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-27 15:43 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:27
VLAI
Title
Adobe Photoshop Buffer Overflow leads to Arbitrary Code Execution
Summary
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Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
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Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
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Assigner
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