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CVE-2024-43756:
Adobe Photoshop vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-43756) was discovered in Adobe Photoshop Desktop versions 24.7.4, 25.11 and earlier. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 13, 2024, and was reported by Francis Provencher (PRL) (Adobe Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH). The attack vector is Local (AV:L), with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring No privileges (PR:N), and User interaction (UI:R). The scope is Unchanged (S:U) with High impact on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This means an attacker could potentially install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights, depending on the user's privileges (CIS Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest versions: Photoshop 2023 version 24.7.5 or later, and Photoshop 2024 version 25.12 or later (Adobe Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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