Adobe Illustrator up to 3.0.9 on iPad File out-of-bounds write

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Illustrator up to 3.0.9 on iPad. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component File Handler. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-61828. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Illustrator up to 3.0.9 on iPad and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Illustrator on iPad versions 3.0.9 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.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-61828 since 10/01/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/16/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2565). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Adobe Creative Cloud

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Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Illustrator

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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