Code execution via out-of-bounds SKP parsing
Published Oct 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Dimension 3.4.5 and earlier allows attackers to execute code when a victim opens a crafted SKP file. Crafted SKP data makes the file parser read past the end of an allocated buffer, enabling code execution in the current process. User interaction is required; successful exploitation runs code only in the context of the current user.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Dimension 3.4.5 and earlier allows attackers to execute code when a victim opens a crafted SKP file. Crafted SKP data makes the file parser read past the end of an allocated buffer, enabling code execution in the current process. User interaction is required; successful exploitation runs code only in the context of the current user.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-38440
- Published
- Oct 14, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Dimension
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1203, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 14, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=3.4.5
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=None
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