Description

Photoshop Desktop versions 25.12.1, 26.4.1 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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-27198

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Adobe

Product: Photoshop Desktop

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.09% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 26.91% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-21 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27198
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb25-30.html

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