Code execution via font parser out-of-bounds write
Published Sep 7, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025
Out-of-bounds write in Adobe Illustrator 26.0.2 and earlier and 25.4.5 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a crafted file. The font parser writes beyond the intended memory buffer while processing malformed font data embedded in a document; Adobe has not disclosed the responsible routine or boundary-check failure. Execution requires a local user to open the malicious file and runs in that user's security context, permitting the attacker's code to access or alter resources available to that user.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in Adobe Illustrator 26.0.2 and earlier and 25.4.5 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a crafted file. The font parser writes beyond the intended memory buffer while processing malformed font data embedded in a document; Adobe has not disclosed the responsible routine or boundary-check failure. Execution requires a local user to open the malicious file and runs in that user's security context, permitting the attacker's code to access or alter resources available to that user.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-30646
- Published
- Sep 7, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Illustrator
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1203, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 7, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=25.4.5
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