Adobe Photoshop Desktop up to 25.12/26.1 integer underflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Photoshop Desktop up to 25.12/26.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in integer underflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-21122. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Photoshop Desktop up to 25.12/26.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer underflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-191. The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Photoshop Desktop versions 25.12, 26.1 and earlier are affected by an Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability that could result in 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-21122 since 12/04/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214087 (Adobe Photoshop 25.x < 25.12.1 / 26.x < 26.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS APSB25-02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214087). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Photoshop Desktop

Version

• 25.0
• 25.1
• 25.2
• 25.3
• 25.4
• 25.5
• 25.6
• 25.7
• 25.8
• 25.9
• 25.10
• 25.11
• 25.12
• 26.0
• 26.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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