CVE-2021-36005

Adobe Photoshop PSD File Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Aug 20, 2021
Updated
Apr 23, 2025
Reserved
Jun 30, 2021

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Description

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.9 (and earlier) and 22.4.2 (and earlier) is affected by a stack overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted PSD file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted PSD file in Photoshop.

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-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
PhotoshopAdobe
  • 22.4.2 and earlierAffected
  • 21.2.9 and earlierAffected
  • None and earlierAffected

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