CVE-2024-43759

Sept. 13, 2024, 5:13 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

Illustrator versions 28.6, 27.9.5 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to an application denial-of-service (DoS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, resulting in a DoS condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Adobe
  • Illustrator
  • *
Apple
  • Macos
  • -
Microsoft
  • Windows
  • -

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a adobe illustrator / / / / / / / /
a adobe illustrator / / / / / / / /
o apple macos - / / / / / / /
o microsoft windows - / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 13, 2024, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 13, 2024, 5:13 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

psirt@adobe.com

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