Adobe Photoshop JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-43018

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Adobe
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 September 2023

Summary

Adobe Photoshop versions 23.0.2 and 22.5.4, along with earlier versions, are susceptible to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. This flaw could allow malicious actors to execute arbitrary code when a user interacts with a specially crafted JPEG file. To mitigate the risk, users are advised to avoid opening unknown or suspicious JPG images and to keep their software updated following Adobe's security advisories.

Affected Version(s)

Photoshop Desktop 0 <= 22.5.3

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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