CVE-2025-49526
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-49526 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 29.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20740
Vulnerability details
Illustrator versions 28.7.6, 29.5.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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…
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a malicious file.
- 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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.