CVE-2021-40709

Adobe Photoshop Buffer Overflow leads to Arbitrary Code Execution

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Adobe Photoshop versiones 21.2.11 (y anteriores) y 22.5 (y anteriores), están afectadas por una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento del búfer cuando se analiza un archivo SVG especialmente diseñado. Un atacante no autenticado podría aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad para lograr una ejecución de código arbitrario en el contexto del usuario actual. Es requerida una interacción del usuario para explotar este problema, ya que la víctima debe abrir un archivo malicioso

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-09-08 CVE Reserved
2021-09-27 CVE Published
2024-08-20 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb21-84.html	2021-10-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Photoshop 2020 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2020"	<= 21.2.11 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2020" and version " <= 21.2.11"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Photoshop 2020 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2020"	<= 21.2.11 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2020" and version " <= 21.2.11"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Photoshop 2021 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2021"	<= 22.5 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2021" and version " <= 22.5"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Photoshop 2021 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2021"	<= 22.5 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop 2021" and version " <= 22.5"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe