CVE-2025-49564: adobe illustrator Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-49564 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in adobe illustrator. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-08-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 26-02-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Illustrator versions 28.7.8, 29.6.1 and earlier are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).