Adobe Photoshop OOB Write CVE-2023-21576 (v23.5.3/24.1 and earlier)
CVE-2023-21576 Published on February 17, 2023

Adobe Photoshop Font Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Photoshop version 23.5.3 (and earlier), 24.1 (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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-21576 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2023-21576 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.20%
Percentile
41.75%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.