Headline
CVE-2022-44502: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Illustrator versions 26.5.1 (and earlier), and 27.0 (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 Updates Available for Adobe Illustrator | APSB22-60
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSB22-60
December 13, 2022
3
Summary
Occurs prior to authentication: The vulnerability is (or is not) exploitable without credentials.
Requires admin privileges: The vulnerability is (or is not) only exploitable by an attacker with administrative privileges.
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Illustrator. This update resolves important vulnerabilities that could lead to memory leak.
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Illustrator 2022
26.5.1 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS
Illustrator 2023
27.0 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS
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
Version
Platform
Priority
Availability
Illustrator 2023
27.0.1
Windows and macOS
3
Download Page
Illustrator 2022
26.5.2
Windows and macOS
3
Download Page
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Numbers
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-2022-44498
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-2022-44499
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-2022-44500
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-2022-44502
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researcher sfor reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Yonghui Han of Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs - CVE-2022-44498; CVE-2022-44499; CVE-2022-44450
- Mat Powell with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2022-44502
Revisions
December 15, 2022: Acknowledgment revised for CVE-2022-44498; CVE-2022-44499; CVE-2022-44450
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected]