Adobe Photoshop Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution

published 2021-09-01 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-22698

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 5.7%; EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.10 (and earlier) and 22.4.3 (and earlier) are affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could result in 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.

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Exploit prediction

5.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% 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	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Adobe Photoshop

Classification

Weakness

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/photoshop/apsb21-68.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-36065
NVD CVE-2021-36065

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