Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.4/29.2.1 stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.4/29.2.1. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-27168. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.4/29.2.1. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Illustrator versions 29.2.1, 28.7.4 and earlier are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow 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-2025-27168 since 02/19/2025. 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 232593 (Adobe Illustrator < 28.7.5 / 29.0.0 < 29.3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-17)), 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 (232593). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Illustrator

Version

• 28.7.0
• 28.7.1
• 28.7.2
• 28.7.3
• 28.7.4
• 29.2.0
• 29.2.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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