CVE-2021-21067

Adobe Photoshop CoolType arbitrary stack manipulation in Type 1/Multiple Master

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Mar 12, 2021
Updated
Apr 23, 2025
Reserved
Dec 18, 2020

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Description

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.5 (and earlier) and 22.2 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the CoolType library. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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 file.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hadobe

Weaknesses

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
PhotoshopAdobe
  • 22.2 and earlierAffected
  • 21.2.5 and earlierAffected
  • None and earlierAffected

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