Adobe Photoshop parsing JS buffer overflow vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution

Description

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.6 (and earlier) and 22.3 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted JSX file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.7% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• CWE-120: Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-120 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Adobe · Photoshop

  • affected unspecified – ≤ 22.3
  • affected unspecified – ≤ 21.2.6
  • affected unspecified – ≤ None

References (1)

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb21-28.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 23 Apr 2025, 19:41 UTC.