Adobe Bridge up to 15.1.4/16.0.2 File heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Bridge up to 15.1.4/16.0.2. This affects an unknown function of the component File Handler. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-27313. The attack can be executed 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 Bridge up to 15.1.4/16.0.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Bridge versions 16.0.2, 15.1.4 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 handled as CVE-2026-27313 since 02/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 04/15/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-22695). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Bridge

Version

• 15.1.0
• 15.1.1
• 15.1.2
• 15.1.3
• 15.1.4
• 16.0.0
• 16.0.1
• 16.0.2

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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