CVE-2021-36005

HIGH

Adobe Photoshop <21.2.9 and <22.4.2 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0503
EPSS Percentile 91.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-121
Status published
Products (1)
adobe/photoshop 21.0.0 - 21.2.9
Published Aug 20, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026