Adobe Framemaker up to 2022.8 File heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Framemaker up to 2022.8 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component File Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-27293. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Framemaker up to 2022.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Framemaker versions 2022.8 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-27293 since 02/18/2026. 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. 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 04/15/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Framemaker

Version

• 2022.0
• 2022.1
• 2022.2
• 2022.3
• 2022.4
• 2022.5
• 2022.6
• 2022.7
• 2022.8

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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