Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Security update available for Adobe Photoshop | APSB21-113
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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APSB21-113 |
December 14, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Affected Versions
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Product |
Affected version |
Platform |
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Photoshop 2021 |
22.5.3 and earlier versions |
Windows and macOS |
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Photoshop 2022 |
23.0.2 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.
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Product |
Updated versions |
Platform |
Priority |
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Photoshop 2021 |
22.5.4 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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Photoshop 2022 |
23.1 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
Note:
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
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Number |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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-2021-43018 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
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-2021-43020 |
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Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) |
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-2021-44184 |
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 working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-43018)
- Kushal Arvind Shah of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (CVE-2021-43020 and CVE-2021-44184)
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.