Headline
CVE-2023-21578: Adobe Security Bulletin
Photoshop version 23.5.3 (and earlier), 24.1 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Security update available for Adobe Photoshop | APSB23-11
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSB23-11
February 14, 2023
3
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Photoshop for Windows and macOS. This update resolves critical and important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution and memory leak.
Affected Versions
23.5.3 and earlier versions
24.1 and earlier versions
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
Product
Updated versions
Platform
Priority
Photoshop 2022
23.5.4
Windows and macOS
3
Photoshop 2023
24.1.1
Windows and macOS
3
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Number
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2023-21574
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2023-21575
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2023-21576
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Memory Leak
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2023-21577
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Arbitrary code execution
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2023-21578
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2023-21574, CVE-2023-21575, CVE-2023-21576, CVE-2023-21577, CVE-2023-21578
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected].