CVE-2022-28279: Adobe Security Bulletin

Security update available for Adobe Photoshop | APSB22-20

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB22-20

April 12,  2022

3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Photoshop for Windows and macOS. This update resolves multiple critical vulnerabilities  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution
in the context of the current user.

Affected Versions

22.5.6 and earlier versions

23.2.2 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 2021

22.5.7

Windows and macOS

3

Photoshop 2022

23.3

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

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28270

Use After Free (CWE-416)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28271

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28272

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28273

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28274

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28275

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28276

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28277

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28278

Use After Free (CWE-416)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-28279

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-24105

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-24098

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-23205

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory Leak

Moderate

3.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE-2022-24099

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-2022-28272, CVE-2022-28273, CVE-2022-28274, CVE-2022-28275, CVE-2022-28276, CVE-2022-28277, CVE-2022-28278, CVE-2022-23205, CVE-2022-28279 and CVE-2022-24099

• Francis Provencher {PRL} working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2022-28270 and CVE-2022-28271

• Tran Van Khang - khangkito (VinCSS) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2022-24105 and CVE-2022-24098

For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected].