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CVE-2021-40709

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2021-09-27 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsAdobe Photoshop 2021Adobe Photoshop 2020Apple Macos

Weakness Type

CWE-120

References