Adobe Illustrator Memory Corruption Vulnerability

published 2020-10-20 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17135

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.7%; EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Illustrator version 24.1.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability that occurs when parsing a specially crafted .svg file. This could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability requires user interaction to exploit.

Patch / fix

links 1

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb20-53.html advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Adobe Illustrator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-788 Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/illustrator/apsb20-53.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-24415
NVD CVE-2020-24415

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