Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-34136

Memory Safety in Adobe Illustrator 27.0.0 – 27.9.5

Published
14 August 2024
Modified
15 August 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 12th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-34136 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 12th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Illustrator versions 28.5, 27.9.4 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to an application denial-of-service (DoS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, resulting in a denial of service condition. Exploitation…

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of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

adobe
illustrator
27.0.0 — 27.9.5 · 28.0 — 28.6

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
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Secure SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing can detect NULL dereference defects before release.

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Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.

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Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.

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Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.

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Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.

References