Illustrator | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)_CVE-2026-21288

5.5 / 10

MEDIUM

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

Description

Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption to services. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-21288

Source adobe

Published Jan 13, 2026 at 18:41

Modified Jan 13, 2026 at 19:02

Affected Product

Vendor Adobe

Product Illustrator

Affected Versions Adobe Illustrator 0

CWE Classification

CWE-476

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/illustrator/apsb26-03.html

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