CVE-2021-43018 (GCVE-0-2021-43018)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-07 12:54 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:47
VLAI
Title
Adobe Photoshop JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Adobe Photoshop versions 23.0.2 and 22.5.4 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in 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 JPG file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Assigner
adobe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 820 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Photoshop Desktop Affected: 0 , ≤ 22.5.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2021-12-14 17:00
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