High severity · published Feb 11, 2021
CVE-2021-21048
Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by a Memory Corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file
7.8
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by a Memory Corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted 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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Photoshop · Adobe
through 21.2.4; 22.0 through 22.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21048
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21048
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb21-10.html
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