CVE-2022-23187
Published: 11 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-23187 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 20.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-28277
Vulnerability details
Adobe Illustrator version 26.0.3 (and earlier) is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that…
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a victim must open a crafted file in Illustrator.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.