CVE-2021-40709

HIGH

Adobe Photoshop <21.2.11, 22.5 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.11 (and earlier) and 22.5 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted SVG file. 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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0715
EPSS Percentile 91.6%
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-120
Status published
Products (2)
adobe/photoshop_2020 < 21.2.11
adobe/photoshop_2021 < 22.5
Published Sep 27, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026