Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Updates Available for Adobe Illustrator | APSB22-56

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB22-56

October 18,  2022     

3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe Illustrator. This update resolves critical vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Note: this bulletin was published in alignment with the regularly scheduled Adobe Illustrator update released at Adobe MAX 2022We recommend users update their installations to the newest version based on the priority rating above.

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Illustrator 2022

26.4 and earlier versions 

Windows and macOS

Illustrator 2021

25.4.7 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

Windows and macOS

3

Illustrator 2022   

26.5.1

Windows and macOS

3

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Numbers

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-2022-38435

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

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-2022-38436

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following researcher sfor reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:   

  • Tran Van Khang - khangkito (VinCSS) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2022-38435, CVE-2022-38436





Revisions

March 16, 2022: Added affected & fix versions for Illustrator v25.x

November 9, 2022: Solution Product updated


For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com

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