CVE-2008-1765

Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-1765. PoCs published by c0ntex.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Album Starter 3.2 by crafting a malicious BMP image. The PoC includes shellcode to pop calc.exe, demonstrating arbitrary code execution.

Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, and possibly After Effects CS3, allows user-assisted remote attackers and physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP file with an invalid image header. NOTE: the related issue in Photoshop CS3 is already covered by CVE-2007-2244.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by c0ntex · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5479

This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Album Starter 3.2 by crafting a malicious BMP image. The PoC includes shellcode to pop calc.exe, demonstrating arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Photoshop Album Starter 3.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious BMP file in a vulnerable Adobe product
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28874
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-04.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29838
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41941
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5479
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1317
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019910

Scores

EPSS 0.1996
EPSS Percentile 97.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
adobe/photoshop 3.2
Published Apr 23, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026