CVE-2025-21163
Published: 11 February 2025
Description
Illustrator versions 29.1, 28.7.3 and earlier are affected by a Stack-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.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-21163 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-121, CWE-787) affecting Adobe Illustrator versions 29.1, 28.7.3, and earlier. Published on 2025-02-11, the issue has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Exploitation requires local access and user interaction, where a victim must open a malicious file. An attacker can craft such a file to trigger the buffer overflow, achieving high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects without needing privileges or high complexity.
Adobe security bulletin APSB25-11 provides details on the vulnerability and mitigation, available at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb25-11.html.
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