CVE-2021-36008 LOW

CVE-2021-36008: Adobe Illustrator PDF File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product Illustrator
Weakness CWE-416
Published August 20, 2021
Last update April 23, 2025

CVSS base score

3.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe Illustrator version 25.2.3 (and earlier) is affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to read arbitrary file system information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 20, 2021 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated