CVE-2022-23188 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Illustrator versions 25.4.3 (and earlier) and 26.0.2 (and earlier) are affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted malicious file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted malicious file in Illustrator.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0568.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adobe

Illustrator

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 25.4.3
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 26.0.2
`unspecified`	affected	≤ None

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Adobe Subscribe	Illustrator Subscribe
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb22-07.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2022-02-16T16:38:16.090Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:04:36.095Z

Reserved: 2022-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-23188

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T03:36:20.358Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-16T17:15:11.880

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:48:09.513

Link: CVE-2022-23188

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120

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