Adobe Photoshop Desktop up to 26.8.1 File heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Adobe Photoshop Desktop up to 26.8.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component File Handler. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-61819. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Photoshop Desktop up to 26.8.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Photoshop Desktop versions 26.8.1 and earlier are affected by a Heap-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.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-61819 since 10/01/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/13/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 274832 (Adobe Photoshop 26.x < 26.9 Vulnerability (macOS APSB25-108)), 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 (274832). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Image Processing Software

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• Adobe

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• Photoshop Desktop

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• 26.8.0
• 26.8.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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