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CVE-2025-49524: adobe illustrator NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 08-07-2025Last modified 09-07-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-49524 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in adobe illustrator. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-07-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Illustrator versions 28.7.6, 29.5.1 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 a disruption in service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Adobe1 product
  • illustrator≤ 29.5.1 | ≥ 28.0, < 28.7.8 | ≥ 29.0, < 29.6

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links