CVE-2021-21006 (GCVE-0-2021-21006)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-01-13 22:53
Modified
2025-04-23 19:46
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow ()
Summary
Adobe Photoshop version 22.1 (and earlier) is affected by a heap buffer overflow vulnerability when handling a specially crafted font file. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Photoshop Version: 22.1 and earlier
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