Adobe Illustrator 2024 PS file Parsing Stack based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2024-04-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-28194

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

Illustrator versions 28.3, 27.9.2 and earlier are affected by a Stack-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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

adobe illustrator 27.9.3, 28.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-04-12)

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Adobe Illustrator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/illustrator/apsb24-25.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-30273
NVD CVE-2024-30273

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Summary