Headline
CVE-2022-34244: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.7 (and earlier) and 23.3.2 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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 | APSB22-35
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSB22-35
July 12, 2022
3
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Photoshop for Windows and macOS. This update resolves a critical vulnerability and an important vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution and memory leak.
Affected Versions
22.5.7 and earlier versions
23.3.2 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
22.5.8
Windows and macOS
3
Photoshop 2022
23.4.1
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
Use After Free (CWE-416)
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-2022-34243
Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)
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-2022-34244
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-2022-34243, CVE-2022-34244
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected].
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