CVE-2020-24413: 
Adobe Illustrator vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Adobe Illustrator version 24.1.2 and earlier versions contain a critical memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2020-24413) that was discovered by Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 19, 2020, and affects the SVG file parsing functionality in Adobe Illustrator (CVE Mitre, Adobe Security).

The vulnerability exists in the SVGRE.dll library and is caused by a malformed SVG file that triggers an Out of Bounds memory access due to an improper bounds check. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.0, indicating a moderate severity level (Rapid7, Fortinet Blog).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The impact is particularly significant for users who regularly work with SVG files in Adobe Illustrator (CVE Mitre).

The vulnerability requires user interaction to exploit, specifically through the processing of a specially crafted SVG file. Fortinet has released an IPS signature named Adobe.Illustrator.CVE-2020-24413.Memory.Corruption to protect against potential exploits (Fortinet Blog).

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Illustrator. Additionally, Fortinet customers with FortiGate IPS are protected through updated IPS signatures (Adobe Security, Fortinet Blog).