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CVE-2021-21104:
Adobe Illustrator vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Adobe Illustrator version 25.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2021-21104) when parsing specially crafted AI files. The vulnerability was discovered in February 2021 by FortiGuard Labs and was publicly disclosed on May 11, 2021 (Fortinet Blog, Adobe Security).
Technical details
The vulnerability is caused by a malformed AI file, which triggers an Out of Bounds Write memory access due to improper bounds check in Adobe Illustrator's file parsing functionality. The vulnerability specifically exists in the decoding of Adobe Illustrator 'AI' files (Fortinet Blog).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attacks. An attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the application through a crafted AI file (Fortinet Blog).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe released security patches to address this vulnerability on May 11, 2021. Users are strongly advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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