Adobe Photoshop up to 22.5.8/23.4.2 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Photoshop up to 22.5.8/23.4.2. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-38433. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Photoshop up to 22.5.8/23.4.2 (Image Processing Software). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 09/13/2022. The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-38433. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 22.5.9 or 23.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Photoshop 22.5.9/23.5.0

Timelineinfo

08/18/2022 🔍
09/13/2022 +26 days 🔍
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09/16/2022 +3 days 🔍
10/19/2022 +33 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38433 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38433
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-208793

Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2022 11:31
Updated: 10/19/2022 07:24
Changes: 09/16/2022 11:31 (38), 10/19/2022 07:24 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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