CVE-2026-21288 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Adobe
Product Illustrator
Weakness CWE-476
Published January 13, 2026
Last update January 13, 2026

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 13, 2026 CVE published
January 13, 2026 Record updated