Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.9/29.7 File out-of-bounds write

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.9/29.7. This affects an unknown part of the component File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-54283. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.9/29.7. This affects an unknown functionality of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Illustrator versions 29.7, 28.7.9 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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-2025-54283 since 07/17/2025. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/19/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270353 (Adobe Illustrator < 28.7.10 / 29.0 < 29.8 Multiple Arbitrary code execution (APSB25-102) (macOS)), 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 (270353). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality 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
• 28.7.5
• 28.7.6
• 28.7.7
• 28.7.8
• 28.7.9
• 29.0
• 29.1
• 29.2
• 29.3
• 29.4
• 29.5
• 29.6
• 29.7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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