Medium severity · published Dec 16, 2022
CVE-2022-44499
Adobe Illustrator versions 26.5.1 (and earlier), and 27.0 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Illustrator versions 26.5.1 (and earlier), and 27.0 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IL
Illustrator · Adobe
through 26.5.1; 27.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44499
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44499
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb22-60.html
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