Adobe Photoshop up to 23.5.3/24.1 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Photoshop up to 23.5.3/24.1 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-21577. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Photoshop up to 23.5.3/24.1 (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Photoshop version 23.5.3 (and earlier), 24.1 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The weakness was shared 02/18/2023 as apsb23-11. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-21577 since 12/01/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25744). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2022 🔍
02/18/2023 +79 days 🔍
02/18/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/20/2025 +945 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb23-11
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21577 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21577
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221399
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2023 07:59
Updated: 09/20/2025 21:40
Changes: 02/18/2023 07:59 (50), 09/20/2025 21:40 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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